Germ-line transmission of trisomy 21: Data from 80 families suggest an implication of grandmaternal age and a high frequency of female-specific trisomy rescue

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Trisomy of chromosome 21 (T21; Down syndrome, DS) is the most common aneuploidy in live births. Though its etiology has been intensively studied for a half of century, there are surprisingly many problems awaiting their elucidation....

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Main Author: Kovaleva Natalia V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:Molecular Cytogenetics
Online Access:http://www.molecularcytogenetics.org/content/3/1/7