complex chromosomal rearrangements (ccrs) are rare events involving more than two chromosomes and over two breakpoints. they are usually associated with infertility or sub fertility in male carriers. here we report a novel case of a ccr in a 30-year-old oligoasthenosperm man with a history of varicocelectomy, normal testes size and normal endocrinology profile referred for chromosome analysis t...

Zephyranthes citrina is an ornamental American bulbous plant used as garden crop for the aesthetic qualities of its yellow perigonium. The objective this work was to characterize species by classical chromosome staining and fluorochrome banding. A sporophytic number 2n=8x=48 chromosomes observed, being karyotypic formula 20 m + 26 sm 2 st. Satellites were detected in short arm metacentric 8, 9,...

The field of human cytogenetics has been through many different stages of development, each of them improving the characterisation of structurally abnormal and/or supernumerary chromosomes. The era of reliable identification of human chromosomes started with the invention of the banding method by Dr Lore Zech in 1968. The introduction of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) techniques in h...

The field of human cytogenetics has been through many different stages of development, each of them improving the characterisation of structurally abnormal and/or supernumerary chromosomes. The era of reliable identification of human chromosomes started with the invention of the banding method by Dr Lore Zech in 1968. The introduction of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) techniques in h...

Various chromosomal banding techniques were utilized on the catfish, Iheringichthys labrosus, taken from the Capivara Reservoir. C-banding regions were evidenced in telomeric regions of most of the chromosomes. The B microchromosome appeared totally heterochromatic. The restriction endonuclease AluI produced a banding pattern similar to C-banding in some chromosomes; the B microchromosome, when...

Multicolor spectral karyotyping (SKY) was performed on bone marrow samples from 50 patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in anticipation of discovering new previously unidentified translocations. All samples showed complex karyotypes with chromosome aberrations which, in most cases, were not fully characterized by G-banding. Patients of special interest were those who showed add(14)(q32), add(8)(...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the improvement of chromosome analysis on the cytogenetic findings of Turner syndrome (TS) patients. METHODS Retrospective study of the results of the karyotypes of 260 patients with TS, regarding banding techniques, number of cells analyzed and results of investigation of Y-chromosome sequences. According to karyotype, divided in 45,X; sex chromosome mosai...