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Trisomy 13
Patau Syndrome

males more affected than females

nondisjunction is maternal (meiosis I)
47, XX+13
third most common trisomy

Holoprosencephaly=left and right side of brain don't communicate

Dextrocardia=heart on right instead of left

Simian crease
low-set ears, abnormal shaped ears
polydactyly

Doesn't usually live past one month
Trisomy 18
Edward's syndrome

females more affected than males

nondisjunction is maternal (meiosis II)
47, XY+18
arthrogryposis=joint contractures

spina bifida

"trigger finger"/clenched fist

rocker bottom feet
micrognathia=small chest, low-set ears

most die by age one
Trisomy 21
Down Syndrome
47, XY+21

most common trisomy compatible with live birth

most functional DS inviduals are mosaic

Epicanthal folds
Brushfield spots in eyes
single palmar crease (simian crease)

greater risk of leukemia
Klinefelter syndrome

usually from maternal nondisjunction
most common cause of male hypogonadism

47,XXY

Puberty may be delayed
taller than normal

gynecomastia: may have same risk for breast cancer as women

infertile
Turner syndrome
45.X

normal intelligence
webbed neck (due to cystic hygroma)

short stature

shield-like chest

lack of ovarian development

need to karyotype--to rule out mosaicism, and presence of any Y will increase cancer risk to 95%

remove gonadal tissue=remove cancer risk
Uniparental disomy

cell's attempt to correct trisomy
examples : prader willi syndrome and angelman syndrome
Prader Willi syndrome
chromosome 15q 11-15
paternal chromosome deletion-UBE3A

short
obese, poor growth
eat everything
Angelman syndrome
chromosome 15q 11-15
maternal chromosome deletion-SNRPN

happy puppet syndrome
poor motor control