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PARACENTRIC INVERSION [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

An inversion that is entirely within one arm of a chromosome, does not include the centromere.

CONT

When the two breaks occur within the same arm, the break point more proximal to the centromere is specified first; for example, inv(2)(p 13 p 23) defines a paracentric inversion in the short arm of chromosome no 2 with break points in bands 2 p 13 and 2 p 23.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Inversion qui touche un bras chromosomique au-delà du centromère.

CONT

Une aneusomie de recombinaison est le résultat d'un réarrangement lors de la méiose, à la suite d'un [crossing-over], dans un chromosome parental équilibré mais déjà porteur d'une malfaçon par inversion péricentrique, paracentrique ou insertion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Reajuste cromosómico que se produce cuando un segmento cromosómico, que excluye al centrómero, cambia de orientación.

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