| Literature DB >> 7927341 |
C A Leal1, J W Belmont, R Nachtman, J M Cantu, C Medina.
Abstract
Five polymorphic index markers were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to ascertain the parental origin of the extra X chromosomes in seven polysomic cases (one 49,XXXXX, three 49,XXXXY, two 48,XXXY, and one 48,XXYY). All four X chromosomes in 49, X polysomies were maternal in origin and the extra X chromosomes in 48 X polysomies were paternal. In each case the multiple X chromosomes were contributed by a single parent. Taken together with previously reported cases, these data support a single mechanism of sequential nondisjunction during either maternal or paternal gametogenesis as the cause of higher order sex chromosome polysomy.Mesh:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7927341 DOI: 10.1007/bf00201605
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132