Abstract:Uniparental disomy is an uncommon chromosome condition,in which homologous chromosome or segments are inherited from only one parent.Whole chromosomal and segmental uniparental disomy(UPD)is one of the causes of imprinting disorder and other recessive disorders.The objective of this article was to represent pathogenesis of 17 uniparental disomy,detection techniques and clinical manifestations to provide reference for prenatal diagnosis and genetic ounseling.