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The critical region on the human Xq

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Adult female carriers of balanced X; autosome translocations (118 cases) and of balanced X inversions (31 cases) have been collected from the literature. Forty-five of the 118 translocation carriers in whom the break was in the critical region (Xq13–q22, Xq22–q26, separated by a narrow region within Xq22) showed gonadal dysgenesis. Seven of the 31 inversion carriers in whom the break was in the same region also had gonadal dysgenesis, whereas the remaining 24 were normal in this respect. The critical region consists mainly of Q-bright material, and is the fifth brightest segment in the human genome. The region contains relatively few genes. It is possible that meiotic crossing-over, rarely, if ever, takes place in it. The critical region may therefore consist of two “supergenes” whose integrity must be maintained to allow normal ovarian development. The effect exerted by this region differs from other known position effects, in that it is independent of the break-point within the region and of the chromosome bands to which the broken ends are attached. One possible mechanism causing this effect might be a change in the replication order of the chromosome bands, which, in turn, might affect their function.

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Therman, E., Laxova, R. & Susman, B. The critical region on the human Xq. Hum Genet 85, 455–461 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194216

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