Segregation analysis in a man heterozygous for a pericentric inversion of chromosome 7 (p13; q36) by sperm chromosome studies
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
The authors have analyzed 140 sperm chromosome complements from a subfertile man heterozygous for an inv(7)(p13;q36). Seventy-five percent of the chromosome complements were not recombinant: 37.9% contained the normal chromosome 7, and 37.1% contained the inverted chromosome 7. Twenty-five percent of the 140 were recombinant: 7.1% carried a recombinant chromosome 7 with a duplication p and deletion q, 17.1% carried a recombinant chromosome 7 with a duplication q and deletion p, and 0.7% carried both recombinant chromosomes. The frequency of structural chromosomal aberrations unrelated to the inversion was 11.4%, and the frequency of aneuploidy was 2.9%. Both frequencies were not significantly different from those in control donors. Two sperm complements with a second independent, contiguous inversion involving one of the original breakpoints (q36) were observed (1.4%). The risk of producing chromosomally abnormal offspring or spontaneous abortions would be 34.3%. The proportion of X-bearing and Y-bearing sperm was 46.8% and 53.2%, respectively, not significantly different from the expected 1:1 ratio. 28 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5852474
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States), Vol. 53:1; ISSN 0002-9297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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