Elucidation of a pericentric inversion of a D-group chromosome in the mother of a child with Patau's syndrome

Abstract

The mother of a child with Patau's syndrome has an inversion of chromosome 13. The karyotype is designated 46, XX, inv (13) (p13q21). It is deduced that the deceased child had the karyotpye 46, XY, rec(13), dup q, inv(13) (p13q21).