A 4/21 tandem fusion in cattle

A tandem fusion involving chromosome 4 and chromosome 21 of the bovine karyotype, is described in a newborn Holstein‐Friesian heifer which was also a blood chimera exhibiting female cells of normal bovine karyotype and male cells with a 59, XY + tan (4:21). The rearranged chromosome was a dicentric...

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Published in:Hereditas 1995-01, Vol.122 (2), p.99-102
Main Authors: Pinheiro, L.E.L, Carvalho, T.B, Olveira, D.A.A. (Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Dept. of Zootechny), Popescu, C.P, Basrur, P.K
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Language:English
Subjects:
ABERRACION CROMOSOMICA
ABERRATION CHROMOSOMIQUE
Animals
BOVIN
CATTLE
Cattle - genetics
Chimera - genetics
CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS
Chromosome Banding
Female
Freemartinism - genetics
GANADO BOVINO
Holstein
Karyotyping
Life Sciences
Male
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Summary:A tandem fusion involving chromosome 4 and chromosome 21 of the bovine karyotype, is described in a newborn Holstein‐Friesian heifer which was also a blood chimera exhibiting female cells of normal bovine karyotype and male cells with a 59, XY + tan (4:21). The rearranged chromosome was a dicentric and the longest acrocentric in the male cells. Apart from the features characteristic of the freemartin condition, no other phenotypic abnormalities were detected in the heifer calf. Since the heifer and other calves of the herd were not eartagged at birth, 20 newborn bull calves of the same age in the herd were anlyzed in an attempt to identify the male born co‐twin to the heifer. However, this effort proved unsuccessful, probably because the co‐twin had died in utero or was erroneously included among the calves sent to the slaughter house.
ISSN:0018-0661
1601-5223
DOI:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1995.00099.x