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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-03-01
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Series: | Molecular Cytogenetics |
Online Access: | http://www.molecularcytogenetics.org/content/3/1/7 |