The DNA segment of interest is then probed with a labeled complimentary nucleic acid and its position determined by audioradiography. Syndrome Syndromes are thought to arise from a common origin, resulting from one or more developmental errors during fetal development. A number of birth defects or characteristics which consistently occur or run together in a specific individual. Any genetically determined characteristic. The formation of an RNA molecule from a DNA template through complementary base pairing reactions.
Transcription occurs in the nucleus.
The process in which a genetic code carried by messenger RNA directs the synthesis of proteins from amino acids. Translocation occurs in the cytoplasm. The presence of 3 chromosomes of one type instead of the normal two in an individual. The technique of prenatal examination of the fetus and uterus by the use of soundwaves. A series of allelic fragment lengths related to each other by a variable number of tandemly repeated DNA sequences, in an interval between two restriction enzyme sites.