PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
Question
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Autosomes
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Pedigree
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Karyotype
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Genetic Sceening
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Detailed explanation-1: -A karyotype is an individual’s complete set of chromosomes. The term also refers to a laboratory-produced image of a person’s chromosomes isolated from an individual cell and arranged in numerical order. A karyotype may be used to look for abnormalities in chromosome number or structure.
Detailed explanation-2: -A picture of all 46 chromosomes in their pairs is called a karyotype. A normal female karyotype is written 46, XX, and a normal male karyotype is written 46, XY.
Detailed explanation-3: -This picture of the human chromosomes lined up in pairs is called a karyotype.
Detailed explanation-4: -A normal human karyotype contains 23 pairs of chromosomes: 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes, generally arranged in order from largest to smallest.