Complexity Digest 2005.42 - 08

20-Oct-2005

Two Most Recent Web Cast + Podcast :

Illuminating the Shadow of the Future

Ann Arbor, Mi 05/09/23-25
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[b][green]Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems - Brainstorming Meeting

Paris, France 05/09/19-23
Webcast">complexity.vub.ac.be/~comdig/ONCECS05/

[b][red]WebcastArchive:
http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~comdig/

Genetics: Motivating Hotspots, Science Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: An estimated 10 to 30% of fertilized human ova have more or fewer than the normal number of 46 chromosomes (1). Most cases of aneuploidy (that is, having an abnormal number of chromosomes) result from a reduced number of recombination events (less than one per chromosome arm) or an unusual placement of such events along the chromosome (2). Recombination between nonallelic copies can also lead to chromosomal rearrangements and deletions, many of which have been associated with disease (2).