We have studied nine patients who presented with pigmentary anomalies of the skin in association with other congenital malformations; in eight, we demonstrated chromosomal mosaicism in lymphocytes and ...

We may not actually be who we think we are. Or at least, we may be a little more complicated than we give ourselves credit for. That’s what the genetic study of DNA has begun to explore. The study of ...

IT is well known that, in man, mixoploidy (chromosome mosaicism) of normal and abnormal cell lines leads to a dilution of the abnormal phenotype, for example, in Down's and Turner's syndromes where ...

The term chimera is usually associated with Greek mythology. It brings to mind a monster with the head of a goat and a lion. Instead of a tail, it has a protruding snake. There is a genetic term that ...