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Benign and Pathological Chromosomal Imbalances

Microscopic and Submicroscopic Copy Number Variations (CNVs) in Genetics and Counseling

  • 1st Edition - August 31, 2013
  • Author: Thomas Liehr
  • Language: English
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 4 6 3 1 - 3
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 4 6 8 4 - 9

Benign & Pathological Chromosomal Imbalances systematically clarifies the disease implications of cytogenetically visible copy number variants (CG-CNV) using cytogenet… Read more

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Benign & Pathological Chromosomal Imbalances systematically clarifies the disease implications of cytogenetically visible copy number variants (CG-CNV) using cytogenetic assessment of heterochromatic or euchromatic DNA variants. While variants of several megabasepair can be present in the human genome without clinical consequence, visually distinguishing these benign areas from disease implications does not always occur to practitioners accustomed to costly molecular profiling methods such as FISH, aCGH, and NGS.

As technology-driven approaches like FISH and aCGH have yet to achieve the promise of universal coverage or cost efficacy to sample investigated, deep chromosome analysis and molecular cytogenetics remains relevant for technology translation, study design, and therapeutic assessment.

Knowledge of the rare but recurrent rearrangements unfamiliar to practitioners saves time and money for molecular cytogeneticists and genetics counselors, helping to distinguish benign from harmful CG-CNV. It also supports them in deciding which molecular cytogenetics tools to deploy.