Have you heard the term mosaic r(20)? Do you know what non-mosaic r(20) means? And do you know which term applies to your diagnosis? We’ll try and explain these terms for you really simply:
Non-mosaic means all of the cells in your body have a ring chromosome.
Mosaic means that only some (a percentage) of the cells in your body have the ring, the other cells have a normal pair of chromosome 20’s.
Watch these short videos to understand the difference…
More in this series:
- 12 Chromosomal Micro Array
- 11 Why diagnosis matters and a matter of diagnosis
- 10 How to diagnose r(20) syndrome
- 9 Diagnosing genetic epilepsies
- 8 Evolution of r(20) diagnosis
- 7 First case of r(20) diagnosed
- 6 FISH
- 5 Ring Chromosomes: Diagnostic testing
- 4 What is a ring chromosome
- 3 Different ways to diagnose genetic disorders
- 2 Different types of genetic disorders
- 1 Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
UP NEXT:
- 14 Parts of a chromosome, deletions and duplications
