A client is diagnosed with trisomy mosaicism. How does the nurse interpret this diagnosis?
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1. Some of the client's cells have 46 chromosomes.
2. Some of the client's cells have 47 chromosomes.
3. All the client's cells have 48 chromosomes.
4. The client's somatic cells have 23 chromosomes.
5. The client's sex cells have 25 chromosomes.
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Rationale 1: In mosaicism, some cells have the normal number of 46 chromosomes.
Rationale 2: In mosaicism, some cells have an additional chromosome.
Rationale 3: In a mosaic pattern, some cells have 46 chromosomes and some have 47.
Rationale 4: The only cells with 23 chromosomes are normal sex cells.
Rationale 5: Mosaic patterns do not include sex cells with 25 chromosomes.
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