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Xq-Yq interchange resulting in supernormal X-linked gene expression in severely retarded males with 46,XYq- karyotype.

The critical importance of dosage compensation is underscored by a novel human syndrome ("XYXq syndrome") in which we have detected partial X disomy, demonstrated supernormal gene expression resulting from the absence of X inactivation, and correlated this overexpression with its phenotypic consequences. Studies of three unrelated boys with 46,XYq- karyotypes and anomalous phenotypes (severe mental retardation, generalized hypotonia and microcephaly) show the presence of a small portion of distal Xq on the long arm of the Y derivative. Cells from these boys exhibit twice-normal activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, a representative Xq28 gene product. In all three cases, the presence of Xq DNA on a truncated Y chromosome resulted from an aberrant Xq-Yq interchange occurring in the father's germline.[1]

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  1. Xq-Yq interchange resulting in supernormal X-linked gene expression in severely retarded males with 46,XYq- karyotype. Lahn, B.T., Ma, N., Breg, W.R., Stratton, R., Surti, U., Page, D.C. Nat. Genet. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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