Hydatidiform mole: a chromosomal search for a recessive mutation.

In a search for minute structural aberrations indicating chromosomal regions of importance for the development of a hydatidiform mole, five diploid androgenetic moles and two partial dispermic moles were examined by high resolution banding technique. The absence of consistent aberrations suggests that either submicroscopical lesion(s) or the ratio of paternal to maternal chromosome complement(s) could be the decisive factor for molar development.