- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 24
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Elena Irene ZAMORA RAMÍREZ, Marco GARCÍA SPATA, Marie-Hélène GARCIA
- Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
- Term: monosomy
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Deletion of one of the chromosomes, resulting a set of 45 chromosomes.
- Context: Turner’s syndrome is an example of monosomy, in which girls have a single X chromosome, causing them to have short stature and infertility.
- Notes: Trisomy and monosomy may arise through errors in cell division, during meiosis and mitosis.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: TALWAR, G.P. y L. M. SRIVASTAVA (Eds) (2002) Textbook of biochemistry and human biology. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.
- Definition: TALWAR, G.P. y L. M. SRIVASTAVA (Eds) (2002) Textbook of biochemistry and human biology. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.
- Context: O'CONNELL SMELTZER, S.C., BARE, B.G., HINKLE, J.L. y K.H. CHEEVER (2010). Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-surgical Nursing, Volume 1. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.