To study the effect of low-dose (rate) radiation on human health, we analyzed chromosomes of peripheral lymphocytes of residents in a high background radiation area (HBRA) and compared the results with those obtained from residents in a control area (CA) in Guangdong Province, China. Unstable types of chromosome aberrations (dicentrics and rings) were studied in 22 members of eight families in ...

Yeast species have undergone extensive genome reorganization in their evolutionary history, including variations in chromosome number and large chromosomal rearrangements, such as translocations. To determine directly the contribution of chromosomal translocations to the whole organism's fitness, we devised a strategy to construct in Saccharomyces cerevisiae collinear "evolutionary mimics" of o...

Chromosomal translocations in people who have lived in houses contaminated with radiation were substantially raised compared with controls. Retrospective biological dosimetry indicated cumulative exposures less than 1.0 Gy, which were lower than values derived from physical measurements.

Nonrandom and somatically acquired chromosomal translocations can be identified in nearly 50% of human acute myeloid leukemias. One common chromosomal translocation in this disease is the 8q22;21q22 translocation. It involves the AML1 (RUNX1) gene on chromosome 21 and the ETO (MTG8, RUNX1T1) gene on chromosome 8 generating the AML1-ETO fusion proteins. In this review, we survey recent advances ...

A female infant with the typical clinical and histopathological features of vitreoretinal dysplasia is described. She had an apparently balanced reciprocal chromosomal translocation 46XX,t(X;10) with the X chromosome breakpoint being on the short arm. Since the parents' karyotypes were normal, it is most plausible that a de novo chromosomal translocation disrupted the vitreoretinal dysplasia ge...

Chromosomal abnormalities are one of the major causes of infertility in man and woman. A couple with history of recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) was referred to our laboratory for chromosomal analysis. The analysis revealed normal 46,XY karyot ype in male and a novel balanced translocation 46,XXt(4;20)(q11;p13) in female partner. This translocation with breakpoints has not been reported in ...

Purpose
 A number of mechanisms have been proposed for the effect chromosomal translocations on spermatogenesis and sperm maturation. However, there are still numerous ambiguous issues regarding these two processes. The aim this study is to evaluate chromosome break areas count in light literature.
 Material Methods
 was conducted data 16 male patients with reciprocal or Robertso...