KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 148 · KROK (Dentistry)
Cytogenetic examination of a patient with dysfunction of the reproductive system revealed normal karyotype 46,XY in some cells, but most cells have Klinefelter’s syndrome karyotype - 47,XXY. Such phenomenon of cell inhomogeneity is called:
- A. Transposition
- B. Heterogeneity
- C. Inversion
- D. Mosaicism
- E. Duplication
Hint
Think about the term used when one individual has two or more cell lines with different karyotypes arising from a single zygote.
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