Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes (sSMC) A Guide for Human Geneticists and Clinicians /

Human beings normally have a total of 46 chromosomes, with each chromosome present twice, apart from the X and Y chromosomes in males. Some three million people worldwide, however, have 47 chromosomes: they have a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) in addition to the 46 normal ones. This s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liehr, Thomas (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Medical genetics.
Reproductive health.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Molecular genetics.
Medical Genetics.
Reproductive Medicine.
Biomedical Research.
Molecular Genetics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Inheritance of sSMC
  • Formation of sSMC
  • sSMC in genetic diagnostics and counseling
  • sSMC known to be correlated with specific syndromes
  • Centric sSMC
  • Neocentric sSMC by chromosome
  • Multiple sSMC
  • sSMC additionally to other chromosomal rearrangements
  • Complex sSMC
  • sSMC and tumor
  • Appendix: Patient organizations in connection with sSMC.-Glossary.

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