- 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: BENITO, J. C., & ESPINO, N. F. J. (2012). Genética: Conceptos esenciales. Madrid: Médica Panamericana, p. 137.
- Definition: INSTITUTO ROCHE (2013):«Inversión», en Glosario de genética [en línea]. Disponible en WWW < http://www.institutoroche.es/Recursos_glosario/Vinversi%C3%B3n.html>.
- Context: BENITO, J. C., & ESPINO, N. F. J. (2012). Genética: Conceptos esenciales. Madrid: Médica Panamericana, p. 137.
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