Open AccessDiscerning non-disjunction in down syndrome patients by means of gluk1-(agat)nand d21s2055-(gata)nmicrosatellites on chromosome 21
Author(s) -
Debarati Ghosh,
Swagata Sinha,
Anindita Chatterjee,
Krishnadas Nandagopal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-6866
pISSN - 1998-362X
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6866.100769
Subject(s) - genetics , biology , microsatellite , allele , loss of heterozygosity , genotyping , meiosis , genotype , chromosome , context (archaeology) , gene , paleontology
Down syndrome (DS), the leading genetic cause of mental retardation, stems from non-disjunction of chromosome 21.