Fluorescence in situ hybridization using two or three probes was utilized to estimate the incidence of diploidy, the incidence of disomy for the sex chromosomes and chromosomes 16 and 18, and the proportion of Y- and X-chromosome bearing sperm, in a series of normal males. Our results demonstrate the importance of using an approach capable of distinguishing disomy from diploidy, as most donors had levels of diploidy higher than the disomy levels of individual chromosomes. Our analyses suggest the existence of chromosome-specific mechanisms of paternal non-disjunction, as sex chromosome disomy was approximately 1.5 times as common as disomy 16, and over two times as common as disomy 18. In studies of gametic sex ratio, we found little evidence for marked deviation from an expected 1:1 ratio.
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