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OMIA:002997-9940 : Chromosomal structural anomaly, translocation, centric fusion in Ovis aries (sheep)

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Categories: Chromosomal phene

Single-gene trait/disorder: no

Disease-related: yes

Key variant known: no

Cross-species summary: also called Robertsonian translocation

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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002997-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

1994 Dai, K., Dollin, A.E., Gillies, C.B. :
Synaptonemal complex analysis of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) with Robertsonian translocations. I. Pachytene karyotype substaging of normal sheep. Genome 37:672-8, 1994. Pubmed reference: 7958825. DOI: 10.1139/g94-095.
Dai, K., Gillies, C.B., Dollin, A.E. :
Synaptonemal complex analysis of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) with Robertsonian translocations. II. Trivalent and pairing abnormalities in Massey I and Massey II heterozygotes. Genome 37:679-89, 1994. Pubmed reference: 7958826. DOI: 10.1139/g94-096.
Dai, K., Gillies, C.B., Dollin, A.E. :
Synaptonemal complex analysis of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) with Robertsonian translocations. III. Deficient pairing and NOR role in Massey III heterozygotes. Genome 37:802-8, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8001813. DOI: 10.1139/g94-114.
Pearce, P.D., Ansari, H.A., Maher, D.W., Malcolm, A.A., Stewart-Scott, I.A., Broad, T.E. :
New Robertsonian translocation chromosomes in domestic sheep (Ovis aries). Cytogenet Cell Genet 67:137-40, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8039424. DOI: 10.1159/000133814.
1993 Lewalski, H., Otto, F.J., Kranert, T., Wassmuth, R. :
Flow cytometric detection of unbalanced ram spermatozoa from heterozygous 1;20 translocation carriers. Cytogenet Cell Genet 64:286-91, 1993. Pubmed reference: 8404056. DOI: 10.1159/000133594.
1987 Stewart-Scott, I.A., Bruère, A.N. :
Distribution of heterozygous translocations and aneuploid spermatocyte frequency in domestic sheep. J Hered 78:37-40, 1987. Pubmed reference: 3571946. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110304.
1981 Bruère, A.N., Scott, I.S., Henderson, L.M. :
Aneuploid spermatocyte frequency in domestic sheep heterozygous for three Robertsonian translocations. J Reprod Fertil 63:61-6, 1981. Pubmed reference: 7277333. DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0630061.
1977 Chapman, H.M., Bruère, A.N. :
Chromosome morphology during meiosis of normal and Robertsonian translocation-carrying rams (Ovis aries). Can J Genet Cytol 19:93-102, 1977. Pubmed reference: 861831. DOI: 10.1139/g77-011.
Long, S.E. :
Cytogenetic examination of pre-implantation blastocysts of ewes mated to rams heterozygous for the Massey I (t1) translocation. Cytogenet Cell Genet 18:82-9, 1977. Pubmed reference: 862433. DOI: 10.1159/000130751.
1975 Bruère, A.N. :
Further evidence of normal fertility and the formation of balanced gametes in sheep with one or more different Robertsonian translocations. J Reprod Fertil 45:323-31, 1975. Pubmed reference: 1239507. DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0450323.
1974 Long, S.E. :
Proceedings: Fertility of sheep with a Robertsonian translocation. Vet Rec 94:161-2, 1974. Pubmed reference: 4819711. DOI: 10.1136/vr.94.8.161-a.
1973 Bruere, A.N. :
Population studies on a further familial translocation of sheep. Vet Rec 49:319-21, 1973. Pubmed reference: 4716637.
1971 Bruere, A.N., Mills, R.A. :
Observations on the incidence of Robertsonian translocations and associated testicular changes in a flock of New Zealand Romney sheep Cytogenetics 10:260-272, 1971. Pubmed reference: 5127015.

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