Nucleolar organizer region variants as a risk factor for Down syndrome - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1985 Nov;37(6):1049-61.

Nucleolar organizer region variants as a risk factor for Down syndrome

C K Jackson-Cook et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1985 Nov.

Abstract

An unusual nucleolar organizer region (NOR) heteromorphism was noted among 13 of 41 parents in whom nondisjunction leading to trisomy 21 was known to have occurred. In contrast, only one of these double NOR (dNOR) variants was found among the 41 normal spouses and none were seen among 50 control individuals. In two dNOR(+) families, a second child with trisomy 21 was conceived. In both families, the extra chromosome in each child was contributed by the parent who carried the dNOR variant and resulted from a recurrent meiosis I error. Our data suggest that the dNOR heteromorphism may play a role in meiotic nondisjunction and could be associated with as much as a 20-fold increased risk for having offspring with trisomy 21.

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