human chromosomes in amnion cells and lymphocytes with normal karyotype and in lymphocytes with pathological karyotype (2n=47, +21) were compared as to their position in the metaphase. none of the collectives showed sex differences. measurement of the radial distances revealed more peripheral position of the majority of large chromosomes. the satellite-carrying chromosomes of the d group always...

abstract background: to produce a reliable probe suitable for aneuploidy detection of chromosome 13 on uncultured lymphocytes and amniocytes by fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish), we used a contig of three overlapping cosmids mapped to 13q12.3. methods: the cosmid dna carrying the expected sequences of human chromosome 13 was isolated from host cells and labelled with biotin-11-dutp. the...

background: the sperm count and function may be affected by karyotype abnormalities or microdeletion in y chromosome. these genetic abnormalities can probably transmit to the children. objective: in this study, we tried to determine the frequency of karyotype abnormalities and y chromosome microdeletions in severe oligospermic or azoospermic men who fathered sons by icsi. materials and methods:...

This study concerns the cytotaxonomic investigations on twelve species belonging to three sections from the genus Vicia in Iran. A taxonomic background of the genus is given in brief. The previous counts reported for the genus in Index to plant chromosome number are summarized. In addition to one new count, the chromosome numbers of four species are reported for the first time. Briefly, the ...

introduction: the myeloproliferative neoplasms (mpns) are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by excessive production of blood cells by  hematopoietic precursors. typically, they include polycythemia vera (pv), essential thrombocythemia (et), idiopathic myelofibrosis(imf), and chronic myeloid leukemia (cml). philadelphia chromosome is the final diagnostic test for cml. recently, jak...

uniparental disomy (upd) is a situation in which both members of a chromosome pair are inherited from one parent. this study has been conducted on a family with a five year-old healthy girl and a mentally retarded boy. the parents were first cousins and they both had robertsonian translocation between their long arm of chromosome 13 and 14 [45, xy t (13q14q)]. their affected son had a similar k...

transgene integration and expression in host plant is quite unpredictable and is considered as the major problem in plant transformation. the variation in transgene copy number in transgenic plants influences the expression level and is one of such complication. in many plant species, the analysis of transgenic plants has shown that independent transgenic plants have one to many copies of trans...

oculo-auriculovertebral dysplasia (goldenhar) is a congenital syndrome. its phenotype differs from craniofacial anomalies to cardiac, vertebral or central nervous system defects. this syndrome is rare and its etiology is not apparent yet. pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 is one of the most common structural balanced chromosomal aberrations with its incidences 15% to 25%. herein we present ...