Genetics

Question 1

karyotype

Answer 1

complete set of an indivudal’s chromosomes

Question 2

G bands

Answer 2

technique used to produce thin alternating bands along the length of the entire chromosome to create a unique pattern allowing for identification

Question 3

Fluorescent in SITU hybridization

Answer 3

a technique that uses DNA probes to detect specific complementary sequences on a chromosome

Question 4

deletion

Answer 4

when a segment of DNA is deleted

Question 5

duplication

Answer 5

segment of the DNA is duplicated

Question 6

inversion

Answer 6

a segment of the DNA is turned 180 degrees

Question 7

translocation

Answer 7

a segment of chromosome moves from one chromosome to a nonhomologous chromosome or to another place on the same chromosome

Question 8

consequences of deletions

Answer 8

genetic information cannot be regenerated

Question 9

result of a deletion

Answer 9

usually lethal recessive - when homozygous missing genes results in death. Can sometimes show a dominant as heterozygous due to gene imbalances