[Identity of karyotypes of Papio papio and Macaca mulatta in R, G, C banding and Ag-NOR].
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Nuclear anomalies were observed during maturation in vitro of golden hamster oocytes, as follows: 1) In 33 p. cent of oocytes, the axis of the first meiotic division spindle was oriented incorrectly. This leads either to the formation of "large" polar bodies or to non-expulsion of the polar body if the spindle occupied a central instead of peripherical position. 2) Triploidy was observed in 0.3 p. cent of the oocytes which accomplished their maturation and fertilization in vitro. 3) Two rare anomalies--reconstitution of the nucleus after expulsion of the first polar body and formation of two second division spindles--appeared to be due to degenerescence of the oocytes in culture.
Analysis of cellular hybrids confirms the assignment of alpha-L-fucosidase (alpha-FUC) to 1p in man. Discordant results are in favour of the following gene order: 1pter (ENO-1, alpha-FUC,AK2) PGM1 centromere Pep-C but give no information on the relative positions of ENO-1,alpha-FUC, and AK2. The assignments of alpha-FUC to chromosome 1 in the chimpanzee and to chromosome 4 in the African green monkey are demonstrated (chromosome nomenclature by Finaz et al, 1976). These results confirm the homology of chromosome 4 of the African green monkey and 1p of man and the chimpanzee.
Two interstitial deletions of different segments of 9q are reported. The first deletion (9/11q22) was seen in an 8-year-old boy with severe psychomotor retardation and descrete facial dysmorphism. The second deletion (9q32q34) was seen in a 5-month-old boy with a very peculiar cranio-facial dysmorphism including brachycephaly, frontal bossing, a deep nasal bridge, a short nose, and absence of triradii b, c and d.
A satellited Y chromosome (Yqs) occurred de novo in a boy born to first cousins. The child had severe mental retardation, facial dysmorphism, congenital heart disease, and amaurosis, and died at 6 months and of age. The chromosome rearrangement was confirmed by R-, G-, C-, Q-, and Ag-NOR banding. Its significance and the difficulty of genetic counseling are discussed.
A tandem translocation of chromosome 13-46,XXdup13(q21 leads to qter)--occurred de novo in a patient with the following features: normal birthweight; early feeding difficulties; mild psychomotor retardation; low set hairline on the forehead; thick eyebrows; long, upturned eyelashes; pointed nose; micrognathia; large, flat, posteriorly rotated ears; multiple hemangiomata; normal hematological status. The hypothesis of an unequal crossing-over is discussed, as well as the possibility of constructing a phenotypic map of chromosome 13.
A de novo del (13) (q33) was found in a 14-month-old boy with hypospadias. Phenotype anomalies included growth retardation, psychomotor retardation (QD = 64), microcephaly with brachycephaly, a round, flat and asymmetrical facies, a normal nose bridge, a small, pointed chin. The patient is heterozygous ESD 2-1. The gene localization may thus be excluded from bands 13q33 and q34 and assigned to bands q31 or q32, if its previous assignment to the q3 region is confirmed.
A familial t(X;2) (p223;q323) is responsible for partial trisomy 2q in the proposita, a 3-year-old girl with severe mental retardation and hypotrophia. It is present in the balanced state in the mother, two daughters, and one son. X-replication was studied after BUDR incroporation and acridine orange staining. The reproductive impairment of balanced X/autosome translocations is discussed.
22 independent man-hamster (HGPRT-) hybrids using male human cells with balanced reciprocal translocation t(X;2)(p22;q32) were analysed for human genes localized on chromosome 2 (IDHs, MDHs), on chromosome X (PGK, alphaGAL, G6PD) and for the different chromosomes in relation with the balanced reciprocal translocation (chr.2, chr.2q-, chr.Xp+). The following results were obtained: The chromosomes 2 and 2q- are absent in the 22 hybrids. In 9 hybrids, the absence of MDHs in spite of the presence of the chromosome Xp+ indicates that the gene for MDHs is not localized on this chromosome (or that the gene for MDHs is not on the segment 2q32--2qter translocated on X). In 14hybrids, the three markers of X (PGK, alphaGAL, G6PD) and IDHs are expressed in the presence of the chromosome Xp+. This result indicates that the genes for these markers are on Xp+ or that the genes PGK, alphaGAL, G6PD are on X without the Xp22--Xter segment, translocated on the chr.2, and that the gene for IDHs is on the 2q32--2qter segment translocated on X. In 8 hybrids, in the absence of the intack chromosome Xp+, the higher percentage of the presence of G6PD (7 hybrids) and the lower percentage of the presence of IDHs (3 hybrids) are explained by the fact that these hybrids selected in HAT medium had to retain a segment of Xp+ bearing the human gene HGPRT. G6PD appeared very close to HGPRT and IDHs very distant from HGPRT. The study of the different correlations between the presence and the absence of these four markers on Xp+ in the different hybrids indicates the following order on the chromosome Xp+ from p to q: IDHs -- PGK --alphaGAL -- G6PD.
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A r(4) was observed in a 5-year-old female patient, with growth retardation, a near normal psychomotor development and with no major dysmorphism. The break points were in p16 and q33. After comparison with other known observations of r(4) it is suggested that the phenotype of monosomy 4p is due to monosomy for the distal band 4p16.
Multi-oocytic follicles containing 2 to 6 oocytes were observed in two female hamsters, a mother and daughter pair. Cultivation rarely permitted more than one oocyte to reach maturation. These findings, which could explain the hereditary character of dizygotic twinning, are compared with observations made in other mammalian species.
The mosaicism 45,X/46,XY,terrea(Y,Y)(pterpter)/47,XYY was observed in an 8-month-old child with male pseudohermaphroditism. The presence of a 47,XYY population points to a post-zygotic origin of the rearrangement. The loss of Yp material is in favor of localization of masculinization factor(s) to the proximal segment of Yq. Twenty-two relevant observations reported in the literature previously are discussed.
A patient with distal 15q trisomy resulting from malsegregation of a maternal t(13;15)(q33;q21.2) showed the following symptoms: micro-dolichocephaly, palpebral fissures slightly oriented downwards and outwards, a large nose, pronounced micrognathia, prominent authelices, ligamental abnormalities, osseous malformations evocative of diastrophic dwarfism, severe congenital heart defect, and profound encephalopathy. He died at five months of age. This observation is compared with two others from the literature.
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Quantitative red cell adenylate kinase (AK-1) assay has been used in 8 patients with partial duplication or deletion of chromosome 9 in an attempt to find the precise intrachromosomal location of the structural gene locus. All regions of chromosome 9 are represented in abnormal dosage in at least one patient. A 43% increase in AK-1 activity was found to be associated with duplication of the terminal band of the long arm of chromosome 9. Duplication of all other parts of chromosome 9 were associated with normal enzyme activity. These findings not only confirm the assignment of the AK-1 locus to chromosome 9 made previously in somatic cell hybrids, but suggest a more precise assignment to region 9q33 leads to qter. This places the ABO:Np-1:AK-1 linkage group at the distal end of the long arm of chromosome 9.
Partial trisomy 7qter due to malsegregation of a familial balanced translocation t(7;8)(q33;p113) is reported in a 2-year-old boy with the following features: psychomotor retardation (IQ = 46); hypotonia; normal; facial asymetry with palpebral fissures slanted downwards and outwards, deeply set eyes, and divergent strabismus.