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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Isochromosomes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Translocation (C)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the karyotype of a female with Turner syndrome?

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

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

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

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

<p>Karyotyping (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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