Matching I. Choose the most appropriate answer for
each.
1. ___ colchicine
2. ___ deletion
3. ___ duplication
4. ___ inversion
5. ___ monosomy
6. ___ translocation
7. ___ triploidy
8. ___ trisomy
A. 3n; generally sterile
B. a chromosome segment is permanently
transferred to a nonhomologous
chromosome
C. (2n – 1); a zygote deprived of a
chromosome
D. a repeat of a particular DNA sequence in
the same chromosome or in
nonhomologous ones
E. (2n + 1); three chromosomes of the same
kind are present in a set of chromosomes
F. a piece of the chromosome is
inadvertently left out during the repair
process
G. inhibits microtubule assembly; used in
karyotyping
H. a chromosome segment that has been cut
out and rejoined at the same place, but
backward
Answers: 1. G, 2. F, 3. D, 4. H, 5. C, 6. B, 7. A, 8. E
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