Duplication

If you have part of a chromosome added, this is called a ‘duplication’.

Here’s a chromosome with the band that is repeated shaded in blue.

This is an example of a duplication on the long (or q) arm

en_GB English
en_GB English it_IT Italian nl_NL Dutch pt_PT Portuguese fr_FR French es_ES Spanish de_DE German ja Japanese nb_NO Norwegian cs_CZ Czech
Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Youtube Linkedin