Chromosome deletion – KaryotypingHub

5p deletion syndrome: Why do they cry like a cat?

12/02/202111/11/2021 by Navya Rajan

5p deletion syndrome also known as cri du chat syndrome occurs by a deletion on the p arm of chromosome 5, patients cry like a cat. Chromosome deletion occurs when some random events part some portion of the chromosome. The portion usually is huge having 10 to 1000 vital and important genes; deletion results in … Read more

Chromosome 18 Deletion- Deletion 18p, 18q Distal and 18q Proximal

04/22/2021 by drtusharchauhan

Chromosome 18 deletion occurs when either of the p or q arms or its part or some fragment gets deletion from either copy. Some of the common deletions are chromosome 18p deletion, distal 18q deletion and proximal 18q deletion. Chromosome 18 is a short submetacentric chromosome having 80Mb in size comprises a 2.5% portion of … Read more