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. 2009 May 8:469–506. doi: 10.1016/B978-012373980-3.50016-2

Table 12.8.

Field-Specific Abbreviations

Abbreviation Term
ace acentric fragment

add additional material of unknown origin

b break

c constitutional anomaly

cen centromere

chr chromosome

cht chromatid

del deletion

dic dicentric

dup duplication

e exchange

fra fragile site

g gap

h heterochromatin

i isochromosome

ins insertion

inv inversion

mar marker chromosome

mos mosaic

rea rearrangement

rec recombinant chromosome

s satellite

t translocation

tan tandem

tel telomere

tri tricentric chromosome

v variable region