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What is a polypeptide?

A

chain of amino acids

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A protein

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made up of one or more polypeptide molecules

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Chromosomes require three elements to function…

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Telomeres (structural stability)
Centromeres (essential for segregation at cell division)
origins of replication

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Ploidy
Karyotype
Autosomes

Aneuploidy

Euploidy

A 
= sets of chromosomes
= sorted chromosomes
= chromosomes not involved in determining sex of organism
= Extra chromosomes but not a set
= extra set of chromosome
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Testing carried out in pregnancy

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Pre-implanation diagnosis (PID)
Ultrasound
Triple test of maternal blood
Naternal blood for cf DNA of the fetus
Chorionic villus sampling
Amniocenesis
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