Open AccessExtra marker chromosome in newborn children
Author(s) -
NIELSEN J.,
RASMUSSEN K.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1975.tb01036.x
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , chromosome , phenotype , population , marker chromosome , karyotype , gene , demography , sociology
A total of 6 children with an extra, small metacentric chromosome have been found in a population study of 11,148 newborn children. No deleterious phenotypic effect was found in the carriers. The derivation and possible effect of the marker chromosomes are discussed.