6.3 Book Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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Karyotype
A
A picture college of all the chromosomes in an individual.
2
Q
Trisomy
A
the condition in which somatic cells contain 3 copies of a particular chromosome.
3
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Monosomy
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the condition in which somatic cells contain 1 copy of a particular chromosome.
4
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Aneuploidy
A
Describes a genome that varies from the conventional by loss or addition of one or just a few chromosomes
