Non-condensation of one segment of a chromosome No. 2 in a male with an otherwise normal karyotype (and severe hypospadias) |
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Authors: | Erica M. Bühler Uwe Luchsinger Ulrich K. Bühler Karoly Méhes Gerhard R. Stalder |
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Affiliation: | (1) Universitäts-Kinderklinik Basel, Basel, Switzerland;(2) Basler Kinderspital, Römergasse 8, CH-4000 Basel |
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Abstract: | Summary A child with severe hypospadias is presented, whose karyotype showed in about 11% of mitoses of peripheral blood one member of chromosome pair No. 2 with a non-condensed region near the centromere. The non-condensed segment does not show late replication, however, it is situated very close to the late replicating segment of the long arms of chromosome No. 2. The nature and possible implications of this kind of aberration are discussed. It is held that non-condensation can produce localized chromosome breaks by a mechanism possibly different from any of the classical breakage mechanisms. |
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