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Abstract
An exchange of segments between the sister chromatids of a chromosome, either between the sister chromatids of a meiotic tetrad or between the sister chromatids of a duplicated somatic chromosome. Its frequency is increased by ultraviolet and ionizing radiation and other mutagenic agents and is particularly high in BLOOM SYNDROME.
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- Chromatid Exchange, Sister
- Chromatid Exchanges, Sister
- Exchange, Sister Chromatid
- Exchanges, Sister Chromatid
- Sister Chromatid Exchanges
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6 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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85(80); was see under CROSSING OVER (GENETICS) 1980-84
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- Chromatids (1968-1979)
- Chromosome Aberrations (1968-1979)
- Crossing Over (Genetics) (1968-1979)
- Cytogenetics (1967)
- Genetics (1966)
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- National Library of Medicine. Sister Chromatid Exchange. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012854. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012854
- Sister Chromatid Exchange. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_chromatid_exchange
- Sister Chromatid Exchange. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21095324