Chromothripsis: Birth Defects May Be Caused By Chromosome Shattering
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 11:20
in Health & Medicine
In a complex system like the human body, it's no surprise things can sometimes go wrong in development but evolution has made the system rather forgiving. When children inherit chromosomes from their parents, some minor genetic changes frequently occur without consequence but chromothripsis - chromosomal shattering - has been linked to severly affected children of healthy mothers in a small study. read more