The possibility that two homologous chromosomes or chromosomal regions could be derived from only one parent in humans was suggested by Engel [1] in 1980. He proposed that it was statistically likely, ...

The term uniparental disomy was originally used by Eric Engel [1] in 1980. Under normal circumstances humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes, one of each homologous pair ...

Before Natalie Nakles was born, before the egg from which she was conceived was even fully mature, something went slightly awry. The egg that would help form her ended up with two copies of chromosome ...

BRAF V600E mutations in benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Background: Gain or loss of chromosome arms are frequently detected in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), and have ...

A genomic analysis from 23andMe suggests that people inherit two copies of a chromosome from only one parent nearly twice as often as researchers had realized. A series of rodent experiments showed ...