Editing Robertsonian translocation (section)

== Name ==
Robertsonian translocations are named after the American [[zoologist]] and [[cytogeneticist]] [[William Rees Brebner Robertson]] (1881–1941) who first described a Robertsonian translocation in [[caelifera|grasshopper]]s in 1916.<ref name=":0" /> They are also called ''whole-arm translocations'' or ''centric-fusion translocations''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yip |first=Moh-Ying |date=April 2014 |title=Uniparental disomy in Robertsonian translocations: strategies for uniparental disomy testing |url=https://tp.amegroups.org/article/view/3546 |journal=Translational Pediatrics |language=en |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=9807–9107 |doi=10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2014.03.03 |pmid=26835328 |pmc=4729106 |issn=2224-4344}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Slijepcevic |first=Predrag |date=1998-05-01 |title=Telomeres and mechanisms of Robertsonian fusion |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s004120050289 |journal=Chromosoma |language=en |volume=107 |issue=2 |pages=136–140 |doi=10.1007/s004120050289 |pmid=9601982 |s2cid=11712171 |issn=1432-0886|url-access=subscription }}</ref>