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A nonreciprocal translocation whereby two non-homologous acrocentric chromosomes' long arms fuse becoming one centromere, and losing the short arms. An important risk factor in Down Syndrome. | A nonreciprocal translocation whereby two non-homologous acrocentric chromosomes' long arms fuse becoming one centromere, and losing the short arms. An important risk factor in familial Down Syndrome since may generate trisomy of the long arm. | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 19 November 2015
A nonreciprocal translocation whereby two non-homologous acrocentric chromosomes' long arms fuse becoming one centromere, and losing the short arms. An important risk factor in familial Down Syndrome since may generate trisomy of the long arm.