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ring chromosome: a standalone construct

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Cytogenetics

a chromosome whose broken ends join to form a ring, which behaves unstably in cell division and causes tissue mosaicism.

In cytogenetics, ring chromosome refers to a chromosome whose broken ends join to form a ring, which behaves unstably in cell division and causes tissue mosaicism. This meaning comes from McClintock (1938) in Genetics.[1]

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References

McClintock, B. (1938). The Production of Homozygous Deficient Tissues with Mutant Characteristics by Means of the Aberrant Mitotic Behavior of Ring-shaped Chromosomes. Genetics, 23(4), 315-376. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/23.4.315

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