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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2024.001

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Molecular cytogenetic characteristics of small supernumerary marker chromosomes 15 and 22 in asymptomatic carriers

Yurchenko DA, Markova ZhG, Minzhenkova ME, Vorontsova EO, Shilova NV
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Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Darya A. Yurchenko
Moskvorechye, 1, Moscow, 115522, Russia; ur.liam@vblahsad

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Funding: this work was carried out at the expense of budgetary funds within the framework of research topic № 122032300370-1, “Study of Structural and Functional Features and Mechanisms of the Formation of Chromosomal Abnormalities and Genomic Imbalance.”

Author contribution: Yurchenko DA — study design, development of homemade DNA probes, FISH diagnosis and data interpretation, manuscript writing; Markova ZhG and Minzhenkova ME — FISH analysis with commercial DNA probes; Vorontsova EO — implementation of the protocol of FISH with homemade DNA probes; Shilova NV — study concept and design, discussion, scientific editing of manuscript.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Research Centre for Medical Genetics (protocol No. 4/2 dated 19 April 2021). The patients submitted the informed consent to participation in scientific research.

Received: 2023-10-23 Accepted: 2024-01-06 Published online: 2024-01-31
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