KROK 1 2010 – Question 189 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Cytogenetic examination of a patient with reproductive dysfunction revealed normal karyotype 46 XY in some cells, but most cells have karyotype of Klinefelter’s syndrome - 47 XXY. Such cell heterogenity is called:
- A. Transposition
- B. Mosaicism
- C. Inversion
- D. Monomorphism
- E. Duplication
Hint
Distinguish between a rearrangement within or between chromosomes and a difference between cell populations of the same person.
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