Human Chromosomes: Structure, Behavior, Effects

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Past and Future of Human Cytogenetics....Pages 1-10
Structure of the Eukaryotic Chromosome and the Karyotype....Pages 11-23
Mitotic Cycle and Chromosome Reproduction....Pages 24-29
Modifications of Mitosis....Pages 30-38
Methods in Human Cytogenetics....Pages 39-49
Longitudinal Differentiation of Eukaryotic Chromosomes....Pages 50-60
Chromosome Structural Aberrations....Pages 61-72
Causes of Chromosome Breaks....Pages 73-82
The Main Features of Meiosis....Pages 83-93
Details of Meiosis....Pages 94-103
Meiotic Abnormalities....Pages 104-111
Human Sex Chromosomes....Pages 112-124
Sex Chromosome Abnormalities....Pages 125-135
Numerically Abnormal Chromosome Constitutions in Man....Pages 136-149
Structurally Abnormal Human Autosomes....Pages 150-166
Robertsonian Translocations....Pages 167-177
Reciprocal Translocations....Pages 178-193
Chromosomes and Cancer....Pages 194-208
Mapping of Human Chromosomes....Pages 209-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-235