Open AccessA rare balanced nonrobertsonian translocation involving acrocentric chromosomes: Chromosome abnormality of t(13;15)(p11.2;q22.1)
Author(s) -
Rupa Dalvi,
Koppaka Neeraja,
Chavan Deepak,
Swarna Mandava
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/0974-1208.183505
Subject(s) - chromosomal translocation , centromere , breakpoint , biology , genetics , karyotype , chromosome , robertsonian translocation , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
Balanced non-robertsonian translocation (RT), involving acrocentric chromosomes, is a rare event and only a few cases are reported. Most of the RTs are balanced involving acrocentric chromosomes with the breakpoints (q10;q10).