Genetics and Molecular Biology Definitions
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What is the term for the presence of an additional set of chromosomes in an organism?

  • Inversion
  • Translocation
  • Aneuploidy
  • Polyploidy (correct)
  • What is the result of meiosis nondisjunction?

  • Aneuploidy (correct)
  • Polyploidy
  • Isochromosomes
  • Translocation
  • What is the term for the deletion of one chromosome?

  • Monosomy (correct)
  • Polyploidy
  • Trisomy
  • Aneuploidy
  • What is the karyotype of a normal male?

    <p>46,XY</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the centromere splitting in the wrong plane?

    <p>Isochromosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the exchange of chromosomal segments between nonhomologous chromosomes?

    <p>Translocation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the reunion of a broken portion of a chromosome in an inverted manner?

    <p>Inversion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the karyotype of a female with Turner syndrome?

    <p>45,XO</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the loss of telomeres, generating sticky ends?

    <p>Ring chromosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the display of chromosomal information in an ideogram?

    <p>Karyotyping</p> Signup and view all the answers

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