- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 75
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Héctor BOLORINOS RUIZ, María Eugenia HERRERAS
- Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
- Term: chromosome abnormality
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Deletion, duplication or rearrangement of a chromosome region big enough to include two or more genes.
- Context: Numerical abnormalities are one type of chromosome abnormality. These type of birth defects occur when there is a different number of chromosomes in the cells of the body than is usually found.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: hiper, chromatine. Source: http://mpronovost.ep.profweb.qc.ca/BIONP1/bionp1_division.html .
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society http://www.chromosome18.org/AboutGenetics/BasicGenetics/WhatIsandIsntaChromosomeAbnormality/tabid/122/Default.aspx
- Context: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC http://www.chp.edu/CHP/P02138
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