Karyotypes & Pedigrees

A karyotype is...

• a chart to show how disorders are inherited

• a picture to show how disorders are inherited

• a picture of a person's chromosomes and genes

• a chart of all traits including personality

On a karyotype, the autosomes are...

• 23 chromosomes for gender-based traits

• 22 chromosomes for gender-based traits

• 22 chromosome pairs for all traits except gender

• 23 chromosome pairs for all traits except gender

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Where will you find the sex chromosomes on a karyotype?

• in the numbered pairs

• the first set of chromosomes

• the last set of chromosomes

• they are only a myth taught by your science teacher

How many TOTAL autosomes are in a normal human karyotype?

• 23

• 22

• 46

• 44

In a human karyotype, it the sex chromosomes are XXy, what is the person's gender?

• Male

• Female

• Both male and female

• Neither male nor female

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What is the gender of the individual shown in this karyotype?

• Male

• Female

• Both Male and Female

• Neither Male nor Female

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If a chromosome disorder is found on any of the autosomes, it is a ____ disorder.

• Down syndrome

• Recessive

• Autosomal

• Dominant

What do you call a scientist who studies genes and chromosomes on a karyotype?

• Gregor Mendel

• Genealogist

• Geologist

• Geneticist

Your genome is...

• all of your genes found on your chromosomes

• a garden decoration that wears a red hat

• a one-stick chromosome

• a two-stick chromosome

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Many chromosome disorders can occur when...

• sex cells are produced by mitosis

• sperm fertilizes an egg cell

• egg fertilizes a sperm cell

• sex cells are produced by meiosis

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