Abstract
A male infant was referred for cytogenetic evaluation because of dysmorphic features and developmental delay. In both lymphocytes and skin fibroblasts, a modal number of 46 chromosomes was obtained with an obvious elongation of the long arm of the X chromosome (Xq+). Studies of seven members in 3 generations of this family showed that the proband's mother, sister, and maternal grandmother were phenotypically normal carriers of this abnormal X chromosome. High resolution GTG- and RBG-banding defined the extra chromatin material as an inverted duplication of Xq21→Xq24. This was supported by an approximate twofold increase in α-galactosidase A activity, localized to Xq21-q24, observed in the proband's lymphocytes and fibroblasts. BrdU-incorporation studies of the mother's lymphocytes showed the abnormal X to be late replicating in all 100 cells studied and normal α-galactosidase A levels. Cytogenetic analysis of the maternal grandmother revealed cytogenetic mosaicism with one cell line containing the abnormal X (37%), and the other, a normal female karyotype (63%). This family is instructive since: (1) it represents only the second case of a dysmorphic male demonstrating a confirmed interstitial partial Xq duplication, and (2) the origin of this familial structural rearrangement has been traced to a grandparental mitotic error.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 741-750 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | American journal of human genetics |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - 1986 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)