Problems in Meiosis

Question 1

karyotype

Answer 1

pictures of paired human chromosomes arranged by size

Question 2

normal male karyotype

Answer 2

karyotype having two chromosmes for chromosome pairs 1-22 and an X and Y chromomes for pair 23

Question 3

normal female karyotype

Answer 3

karyotype having two chromosmes for chromosome pairs 1-22 and two X chromomes for pair 23

Question 4

nondisjunction

Answer 4

the failure of homologous chromomes to seperate during meiosis

Question 5

trisomy

Answer 5

a condition where individuals have 47 chromomes instead of 46

Question 6

monosomy

Answer 6

a condition in which an individual has 45 chromosmes instead of 46

Question 7

autosome

Answer 7

any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.

Question 8

sex chromosome

Answer 8

a chromosome involved with determining the sex of an organism

Question 9

down synbdrome

Answer 9

trisomy (3) of chromsome 21

Question 10

klinefelter’s syndrome

Answer 10

extra X chromsome (XXY)

Question 11

TUrner’s syndrome

Answer 11

single X chromosome (XO)

Question 12

allele

Answer 12

one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome

Question 13

triploid

Answer 13

(of a cell or nucleus) containing three homologous sets of chromosomes.