Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Lecture, chapter 6 - Cytogenetics

Today we discussed the several cases of autosomal and sex chromosome aneuploidies:  Their frequency, symptoms, and consequences for an individual's life.  Polyploidies and aneuploidies are cases of alterations in chromosome number.

We also introduced the concept of chromosomal structural alterations.  We mentioned the various categories (deletions, duplications, inversions and translocations) and started discussing them.

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