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Chromosome Heteromorphisms in Man and the Great Apes as a Source of Chromosome Variation Within Species

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The Phylogeny of Human Chromosomes

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Man is the best studied of all living beings as far as the number of cytologically examined individuals are concerned. Extensive population surveys have shown that chromosome aberrations, which could be divided into structural and numerical, occur with an incidence of 2.11% in man (Hamerton et al., 1975). The great majority of these chromosome aberrations correspond to clinical conditions that result from abnormal phenotypes in the carriers. From an evolutionary point of view, most chromosome aberrations represent situations where only individuals with reduced fitness are produced, whose survival would ultimately depend on medical treatment. Thus, it is highly unlikely that the vast majority of chromosome aberrations described in man could represent a source of chromosome variation within our species from which karyotypic evolution could eventually occur.

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Seuánez, H.N. (1979). Chromosome Heteromorphisms in Man and the Great Apes as a Source of Chromosome Variation Within Species. In: The Phylogeny of Human Chromosomes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67260-6_6

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