Journal of Applied Genetics 44(3), 2003, pp. 425-427

The 102-year old woman with translocation (7;12) and infertility in anamnesis

Alina WOJDA, Danuta WOLNIK-BRZOZOWSKA, Maria LUBKA, Malgorzata MOSSAKOWSKA, Michal WITT

Abstract: In this study we present a 102-year old woman carrying a (7;12)(q11.3;q14) translocation. A woman displays a normal phenotype and infertility in anamnesis. This is the first report linking t(7;12) and infertility.

Key words: cententarian, chromosomal aberrations, infertility.

Correspondence: A. WOJDA, Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Strzeszynska 32, 60-479 Poznan, Poland, e-mail: wojdal@man.poznan.pl