Chromosome Breakage

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Chromosome instability syndrome - Chromosome instability syndromes are a group of inherited conditions associated with chromosomal instability and breakage. They often lead to an increased tendency to develop certain types of malignancies.

Chromosomal inversion - An inversion is a chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end. An inversion occurs when a single chromosome ungergoes breakage and rearrangement within itself.

Acentric chromosome - An acentric chromosome is a fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is lacking a centromere (the "waist" of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the cell) and so is lost when the cell ...

Ring chromosome - A ring chromosome is a chromosome that is formed when the ends have been lost, and the arms fuse together to form a ring. A ring chromosome is denoted by the symbol r.


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Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis - Journal on mutagenesis, chromosome breakage and related subjects.

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