Multiple Choice
In mammals, in which parent could a chromosomal rearrangement result in an X chromosome carrying two different fur color alleles?
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What is the name for a chromosomal rearrangement that causes a change in gene dosage?
Inversions cause what type of chromosomal rearrangement?
A chromosome with two centromeres is called what?
Write a short essay that discusses five altered phenotypes that result from specific chromosomal aberrations.
Define these pairs of terms, and distinguish between them. aneuploidy/euploidy monosomy/trisomy Patau syndrome/Edwards syndrome autopolyploidy/allopolyploidy autotetraploid/amphidiploid paracentric inversion/pericentric inversion
Predict how the synaptic configurations of homologous pairs of chromosomes might appear when one member is normal and the other member has sustained a deletion or duplication.