Chromosome architecture and low cohesion bias acrocentric chromosomes towards aneuploidy during mammalian meiosis

Abstract Aneuploidy in eggs is a leading cause of miscarriages or viable developmental syndromes. Aneuploidy rates differ between individual chromosomes. For instance, chromosome 21 frequently missegregates, resulting in Down Syndrome. What causes chromosome-specific aneuploidy in meiosis is unclear...

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Main Authors: Eirini Bellou, Agata P. Zielinska, Eike Urs Mönnich, Nina Schweizer, Antonio Z. Politi, Antonina Wellecke, Claus Sibold, Andreas Tandler-Schneider, Melina Schuh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54659-3
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