List at least three types of information provided by a karyotype and interpret the chromosomal structural abnormality

written as 46,XX,t(18q). What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: A karyotype provides several kinds of information: (1) the number of chromosomes present,
(2) the number and type of sex chromosomes, (3) the presence or absence of individual
chromosomes, and (4) the nature and extent of detectable structural abnormalities. The
chromosome abnormality presented can be interpreted as a female who carries a translocation
in the long arm of chromosome 18 but otherwise is chromosomally n

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