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Comparative Study
. 2005 Feb;169(2):843-8.
doi: 10.1534/genetics.104.032755. Epub 2004 Nov 1.

Transmission ratio distortion in offspring of mouse heterozygous carriers of a (7.18) Robertsonian translocation

Lara A Underkoffler  1 , Laura E Mitchell, Zaki S Abdulali, Joelle N Collins, Rebecca J Oakey
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Comparative Study

Transmission ratio distortion in offspring of mouse heterozygous carriers of a (7.18) Robertsonian translocation

Lara A Underkoffler et al. Genetics. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

Transmission ratio distortion (TRD) is defined as a significant departure from expected Mendelian ratios of inheritance of an allele or chromosome. TRD is observed among specific regions of the mouse and human genome and is frequently associated with chromosome rearrangements such as Robertsonian (Rb) chromosomes. We intercrossed mice heterozygous for a (7.18) Rb translocation and genotyped chromosomes 7 and 18 in 1812 individuals, 47% of which were informative for chromosome segregation. We substantiated previous findings that females were less likely than expected to transmit the Rb chromosome to their offspring. Surprisingly, however, we report that heterozygous males transmitted the Rb translocation chromosome significantly more frequently than the acrocentrics. The transmission of the Rb chromosome was not significantly influenced by either the sex of the Rb grandparent or the strain of the Rb.

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