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Chromosome 15q, trisomy

Chromosome 15q, trisomy is the excess of the long arm of chromosome 15. If the copy that came from a different parent than the other two is deleted, the result is Prader-Willi syndrome or Angelman syndrome, depending on which parent's contribution is deleted.

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