The International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature (ISCN; previously the International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature) is an international standard for human chromosome nomenclature, which includes band names, symbols, and abbreviated terms used in the description of human chromosome and chromosome abnormalities. The ISCN has been used as the central reference among cytogeneticists since 1960.
Abbreviations of this system include a minus sign (-) for chromosome deletions, and del for deletions of parts of a chromosome.
Revision history ISCN (2024). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3-318-07331-7. Also published as Cytogenet Genome Res 2024;164(suppl 1):1–224, doi:10.1159/000538512 . ISCN (2020). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3318068672 ISCN (2016). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3318058574 ISCN (2013). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3318022537 ISCN (2009). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805589857 ISCN (2005). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805580199 ISCN (1995). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805562263 ISCN (1991). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805555678 ISCN (1985). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805538701 ISCN (1981). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805534840 ISCN (1978). S. Karger Publishing. ISBN 978-3805530118 Paris Conference (1971): "Standardization in Human Cytogenetics." (PDF) Birth Defects: Original Article Series, Vol 8, No 7 (The National Foundation, New York 1972) Chicago Conference (1966): "Standardization in Human Cytogenetics." Birth Defects: Original Article Series, Vol 2, No 2 (The National Foundation, New York 1966). London Conference (1963): "London Conference on the Normal Human Karyotype." Cytogenetics 2:264–268 (1963) Denver Conference (1960): "A proposed standard system of nomenclature of human mitotic chromosomes." The Lancet 275.7133 (1960): 1063-1065.
See also Locus (genetics) Cytogenetic notation
References
External links About the ISCN recommendations - Human Genome Variation Society