- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 173
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Augustine Edith EMENE, Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Gema GUNTIÑAS FRAU, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: aneuploidy
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Condition of abnormality involving the chromosomal number resulting from presence (trisomic) or absence (monosomic) of a single extra chromosome in the cells.
- Context: CIN (chromosomal instability) is characterized by aneuploidy and loss of heterozygosity (LOH), and leads to losses of tumor suppressor genes on chromosomes 5q, 18q, and 17p.
- Notes: aneuploid (n.), aneuploid (adj.)
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición. (Revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: Recursos de biología y geología. (2007). Alteraciones de la información genética. Recuperado el 11 de noviembre de 2013, de http://www.bioygeo.info/pdf/16_Mutaciones.pdf ; LACADENA, J.R. (1996). Citogenética. Madrid: Editorial Complutense.
- Context: LACADENA, J.R. (1996). Citogenética. Madrid: Editorial Complutense.
- Images:
RINGO, J. (2004), Fundamental Genetics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 196
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