PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - V M Kean AU - H L Macleod AU - M W Thompson AU - P N Ray AU - C Verellen-Dumoulin AU - R G Worton TI - Paternal inheritance of translocation chromosomes in a t(X;21) patient with X linked muscular dystrophy. AID - 10.1136/jmg.23.6.491 DP - 1986 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Medical Genetics PG - 491--493 VI - 23 IP - 6 4099 - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/23/6/491.short 4100 - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/23/6/491.full SO - J Med Genet1986 Dec 01; 23 AB - A number of DNA probes from the short arm of the X chromosome have been used to study the inheritance of the translocation chromosomes in a girl with an X; autosome translocation and muscular dystrophy. The two translocation chromosomes were found to be derived from the father's single normal X chromosome, ruling out maternal inheritance of a pre-existent mutation and enhancing the concept that the de novo translocation is responsible for the dystrophic phenotype.