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WORKSHOP BOOK Fluorescent in Situ Hybridisation - FISH - on Human Sperm

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Paternally derived aneuploidies<br />

A 2x <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> disomy frequency for chromosomes 21<br />

and XY <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> fathers of paternally derived Down, Turner and<br />

Kl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>efelter syndromes.<br />

Arnedo et al, 2006; Templado et al, 2011<br />

A 2.3x <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> sex chromosome disomy frequency <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

men with repeated sp<strong>on</strong>taneous aborti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Collodel et al, 2009; Robio et al, 1999<br />

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C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>: General Populati<strong>on</strong><br />

In the general populati<strong>on</strong> the estimated total paternally<br />

derived aneuploidy risk is low.<br />

However, am<strong>on</strong>g fertile men, some may c<strong>on</strong>sistently<br />

produce higher levels of aneuploidy (stable variants) at least<br />

for a number of disomies.<br />

In such cases the risk of father<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g an aneuploid offspr<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g or<br />

recurrent aborti<strong>on</strong> is moderately <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased.<br />

Rubes et al, 2002, 2005; Tempest et al, 2009; Uroz et al, 2011<br />

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