Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes (sSMC) A Guide for Human Geneticists and Clinicians
Human beings normally have a total of 46 chromosomes, with each chromosome present twice, apart from the X and Y chromosomes in males. Some three million people worldwide, however, have 47 chromosomes: they have a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) in addition to the 46 normal ones. This s...
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Inheritance of sSMC
- Formation of sSMC
- sSMC in genetic diagnostics and counseling
- sSMC known to be correlated with specific syndromes
- Centric sSMC
- Neocentric sSMC by chromosome
- Multiple sSMC
- sSMC additionally to other chromosomal rearrangements
- Complex sSMC
- sSMC and tumor
- Appendix: Patient organizations in connection with sSMC.-Glossary