- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 9
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Augustine Edith EMENE, Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Judith CARRERA FERNÁNDEZ, Laura SANJUÁN LANCHO
- Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
- Term: paracentric inversion
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A reversal of a segment of the chromosome that does not involve the centromeric región.
- Context: A survey of 50 known paracentric inversions in humans revealed that: 1. 14 chromosomes were involved 2. eight involved chromosome 3, 10 involved chromosome 7, and 7 involved chromosome 11 3. 34/50 appeared to familial 4. no harmful effects or reduced fertility of the paracentric inversion noted
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: sin, gene frequency. Source: CHEUNG, K., OSIER, M., KIDD, J., PKSTIS, A.,MILLER, P. & K. KIDD (2000) « ALFRED : An allele frequency database for diverse populations and DNA polymorphisms”, Nucleic Acids, 28(1). 361-363.
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition. (p. 114)
- Definition: McCLEAN, P. (1997): Variation in chromosome structure. [En línea]. http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc431/chromstruct/chrmo3.htm [última consulta: 18/12/2013]
- Context: McCLEAN, P. (1997): Variation in chromosome structure. [En línea]. http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc431/chromstruct/chrmo3.htm [última consulta: 18/12/2013]
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