An analysis of tissues indicates that an aborted fetus had nullisomy. How would the nurse explain this finding to the parents?
1. "Your baby had an additional chromosome that was incompatible with life."
2. "Some of your baby's chromosomes were arranged incorrectly."
3. "Your baby's chromosomes were damaged during fertilization."
4. "Your baby was lacking two chromosomes."
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Rationale 1: The addition of chromosomes is referred to as either trisomy or tetrasomy.
Rationale 2: When chromosomes are rearranged, the condition is called translocation.
Rationale 3: Chromosome damage did occur, but it is not possible to determine when it occurred.
Rationale 4: Nullisomy is the loss of two chromosomes.
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