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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Reproductive fitness of carriers of heterochromatic variants of the human karyotype was found to be normal. The method was based on a comparison between known carriers and known non-carriers from the same pedigree in respect of live births, generation time and survival of offspring to reproductive age. A subset of the data had been included in an earlier study in which reproductive fitness of carriers was found to be significantly reduced. Our analysis suggests that the result may have been fortuitous, since it was not supported by the additional data. There was no evidence of heterogeneity between carriers of different types of variant or of different sex. There were indications of increased fetal losses to carriers, but the number of spontaneous abortions was insufficient to produce a detectable effect on gross reproductive fitness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0009-9163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
280-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of variant chromosomes on reproductive fitness in man.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article