You Are Attempting to Isolate Cells for Your Karyotype, and You

question 31

Short Answer

You are attempting to isolate cells for your karyotype, and you find one cell in each of the phases (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase). Which one is best suited for a karyotype?

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Definitions:

Embryonic Development

In humans, the first 2 months of development following fertilization, during which the major organs are formed.

Radial Cleavage

A type of embryonic development in certain animals where cell divisions occur at right angles to one another, typical in deuterostomes.

Coelom

Body cavity of an animal; the method by which the coelom is formed (or lack of formation) is an identifying characteristic in animal classification.

Protostomes

A group of animals characterized by the blastopore (the first opening in the developing embryo) becoming the mouth, including groups like mollusks and annelids.