Chorionic villus sampling reveals a fetus has the karyotype 47, XYY. What is the diagnosis?


A) Normal female

B) Klinefelter syndrome

C) Edward syndrome

D) Jacobs syndrome


A) Normal female

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The Mars rover Curiosity finds a living organism on the red planet. Scientists would know that it is eukaryotic and not prokaryotic if ________

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