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We present a family with a Robertsonian translocation (RT) 15;21 and an inv(21)(q21.1q22.1) which was ascertained after the birth of a child with Down syndrome. Karyotyping revealed a translocation trisomy 21 in the patient. The mother was a carrier of a paternally inherited RT 15;21. Additionally, she and her mother showed a rare paracentric inversion of chromosome 21 which could not be observed in the Down syndrome patient. Thus, we concluded that the two free chromosomes 21 in the patient were of paternal origin. Remarkably, short tandem repeat (STR) typing revealed that the proband showed one paternal allele but two maternal alleles, indicating a maternal origin of the supernumerary chromosome 21. Due to the fact that chromosome analysis showed structurally normal chromosomes 21, a re-inversion of the free maternally inherited chromosome 21 must have occurred. Re-inversion and meiotic segregation error may have been co-incidental but unrelated events. Alternatively, the inversion or RT could have predisposed to maternal non-disjunction.
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Mau, U., Petruch, U., Kaiser, P. et al. Familial Robertsonian translocation 15;21 and rare paracentric inv(21): unexpected re-inversion in a child with translocation trisomy 21. Eur J Hum Genet 8, 815–819 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200544
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