In What Way(s)would the Karyotype Shown Below Be Different If

question 87

Multiple Choice

In what way(s) would the karyotype shown below be different if the material used to prepare the analysis were an egg or sperm cell?

• A)The total number of chromosomes would be 23 in this example.
• B)No homologous pairing would be possible.
• C)The sex chromosome would be represented by a single X or a single Y rather than a pair.
• D)all of the above

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