Mitotic recombination and segregation of satellites in Bloom's syndrome |
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Authors: | Eeva Therman Priscila G Otto Nasrollah T Shahidi |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, 53706 Madison, Wisconsin, USA;(2) Laboratório de Genética Humana, Departmento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociêncieas, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil;(3) Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, 53706 Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
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Abstract: | Mitotic recombination in satellite stalks — a phenomenon often difficult to distinguish from satellite association — was studied in a sister and a brother with Bloom's syndrome. Segregation after recombination was analyzed in the lymphocytes of the sister who had Q-bright satellites. Her cells varied greatly both in regard to the acrocentrics which displayed Q-bright satellites and the number of such satellites per cell. In 58 cells a total of 31 different patterns were seen. In 83 cells of 6 controls who also had Q-bright satellites on at least one acrocentric chromosome, not one cell was found in which the pattern differed from that characteristic of the person. Obviously exchanges between satellite stalks in patients with Bloom's syndrome are fairly frequent (estimated lower limit 6/1000) and very rare in persons who do not have this syndrome (estimated 0.1/1000). |
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