karyotype

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DNA is bundled inside cells as chromosomes; a karyotype is a representation of all of the chromosomes in a cell.

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  1. noun The characterization of the chromosomal complement of an individual or a species, including number, form, and size of the chromosomes.
  2. noun A photomicrograph of chromosomes arranged according to a standard classification.
  3. transitive verb To classify and array (the chromosome complement of an organism or a species) according to the arrangement, number, size, shape, or other characteristics of the chromosomes.

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  • Both my parents are scientists and when I was a child they showed me my karyotype (a picture of one person's chromosomes), pointing out how I had two X's, making me a girl. —  Serendip's Exchange -
  • New cytogenetic tests, which assess genome-wide copy-number alterations with high-density array technologies, are available in many clinical laboratories and yield more clinically significant results than a standard karyotype, he said. —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
  • The goal of this ground-breaking work is to document the author's study of the karyotype structure and chromosomal evolution of parasitic Hymenoptera. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • This karyotype shows the classic appearance of trisomy 21. —  Scientific Frontline by SFL ORG Educational News Network
  • The resulting suspensions were dropped onto wet pre-warmed microscope slides (37°C) along with a chromosome suspension from the human VA-13+hTERC+hTERT cell line provided by Jerry Shay The abnormal karyotype of the VA-13+hTERC+hTERT cell line is characterized by the presence of a cytogenetically identifiable, duplicated marker chromosome that bears microscopically visible interstitial telomeric repeats. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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