Robertsonian translocations: what to do?
Robertsonian translocations: what are they? Robertsonian translocations are chromosomal rearrangements involving two acrocentric chromosomes. Robertsonian translocations are actually the most frequent chromosomal rearrangements in humans, showing an incidence of 1 in 1,000. A difference between Robertsonian translocations and balanced translocations is that people with a Robertsonian translocation have 45 chromosomes instead of 46. The translocation