Proximal deletions of the long arm of the Y chromosome suggest a critical region associated with a specific subset of characteristic Turner stigmata

Hum Mol Genet. 1995 Sep;4(9):1565-8. doi: 10.1093/hmg/4.9.1565.

Abstract

Turner syndrome is a complex human disorder that generally associates a 45,X karyotype to a female phenotype presenting with gonadal dysgenesis, short stature and a number of characteristic somatic features. It has been hypothesized that this specific phenotype was the consequence of the haploinsufficiency of some X-linked genes having functional homologs on the Y chromosome. Here we describe four patients with deletions of the long arm of their Y chromosome and presenting with azoospermia and with or without Turner stigmata. Analysis of their breakpoints by Southern blotting and Y-specific sequence tagged sites (STS) allows us to delimit a region located in proximal interval 5 of the Y chromosome involved in skeletal development and growth.

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Southern
  • Chromosome Deletion*
  • DNA
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics*
  • Y Chromosome*

Substances

  • DNA