title: Molecular biologic analyses of tetragametic chimerism in a true hermaphrodite with 46,XX/46,XY.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the mechanism of the formation of a tetragametic chimera with true hermaphroditism (46,XX/46,XY).
  
  
  METHODS
  Molecular biologic analyses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient clinic and laboratories of a university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A true hermaphrodite with 46,XX/46,XY and the parents. MAIN OUTCOME ANALYSIS: Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the pseudoautosomal region on sex chromosomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whereas a normal diploid individual showed two bands, the true hermaphrodite showed four bands in the RFLP analyses. Evaluation of the molecular weights of the bands revealed two of them to be of maternal origin and the other two to be of paternal origin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The two cell lineages composing the true hermaphrodite are heterogeneous because those originated from the fertilization of two genetically different maternal haploid cells by two different spermatozoa.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Uehara
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nata
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nagae
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sagisaka
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Okamura
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Yajima
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D002678:Chimera; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012730:Sex Chromosomes
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen