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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 11, 2735-2738, November 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Paternal sex chromosome aneuploidy as a possible origin of Turner syndrome in monozygotic twins: Case report

O. Martínez-Pasarell1, C. Templado1, E. Vicens-Calvet2, J. Egozcue3 and C. Nogués3,4

1 Dept de Biologia Cel.lular i Fisiologia, Unitat de Biologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2 Servei de Pediatria, Hospital Universitari Materno-Infantil Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona and 3 Dept de Biologia Cellular i Fisiologia, Unitat de Biologia Cellular, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

The meiotic or mitotic origin of most cases of Turner syndrome remains unknown, due to the difficulty in detecting hidden mosaicisms and to the lack of meiotic segregation studies. We have had the opportunity to study one pair of monozygotic twins concordant for Turner syndrome of paternal origin. The paternal origin of the single X chromosome was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. No mosaicism was detected for the X or Y chromosome. In this case, a meiotic error during gametogenesis would be a likely origin of X monosomy. To determine if meiotic errors are more frequent in the father of these monozygotic twins concordant for Turner syndrome of paternal origin, molecular studies in spermatozoa were conducted to analyse sex chromosome numerical abnormalities. A total of 12520 sperm nuclei from the twins' father and 85338 sperm nuclei from eight normal donors were analysed using three-colour fluorescent in-situ hybridization. There were significant differences between the twins' father and control donors for XY disomy (0.22 versus 0.11%, P < 0.001) and total sex chromosome disomy (0.38 versus 0.21%, P < 0.001). These results could indicate an increased tendency to meiotic sex chromosome non-disjunction in the father of the Turner twins.

Key words: aneuploidy/spermatozoa/Turner syndrome/twins

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