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Interchromosomal/Insertion Translocation

A chromosome segment inserted into another

An interchromosomal insertion, also called an insertion translocation, is a structural variant in which a segment of one chromosome is inserted into a different chromosome, rather than a base being changed in place within a gene. In Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), CMTX3 is caused by this kind of variant: a segment from another chromosome (classically chromosome 8) inserted into a palindrome region at Xq27.1, a non-coding structural change now linked to altered regulation of the nearby SOX3 gene rather than to a coding mutation. This is why CMTX3 is listed as a translocation variant rather than a single-gene (monogenic) cause.

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