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Pericentric inversion with a minute deletion of the Y chromosome in a severely oligozoospermic man
Author(s) -
Iwamoto Teruaki,
Nakahori Yutaka,
Nakagome Yasuo,
Yajima Michitaka,
Satomi Yoshiaki,
Osada Takao
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1995.tb04104.x
Subject(s) - chromosomal inversion , karyotype , genetics , biology , y chromosome , chromosome , chromosome 9 , long arm , gene
An apparent pericentric inversion of the Y chromosome in a severely oligozoospermic infertile patient is described. The karyotype was 46,X,inv (Y) (p11.2 q11.23). DNA analysis, however, revealed a deletion involving nine loci within the most distal part of the euchromatic region of the long arm.