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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 106
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Diana MOŢOC, Eva HERNÁNDEZ SORIANO, Rosario HERRERO, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: ring chromosome
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Indicator that signals there have been deletions at both ends of a chromosome and that the deleted ends, which are more ‘sticky’, have adhered to each other to form a ring.
  • Context: In patients with ring chromosomes, sister chromatid exchanges occurring during mitosis usually result in secondary chromosomal abnormalities, such as dicentric rings, interlocked rings, and other structural conformations.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2004). Taschenatlas der Genetik. 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 421.
    • Definition: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2004). Taschenatlas der Genetik. 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 421.
    • Context: SCHAAF, Christian, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. 2. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 38.
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