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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The characterization of the chromosomal complement of an individual or a species, including number, form, and size of the chromosomes.
- noun A photomicrograph of chromosomes arranged according to a standard classification.
- 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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- noun genetics The observed characteristics (number, type, shape etc) of the
chromosomes of anindividual orspecies . - noun genetics A
record of such characteristics, usuallyphotographic . - noun obsolete (
genetics ) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics. - verb To investigate or record such characteristics
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- noun the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)
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Examples
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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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DNA is bundled inside cells as chromosomes; a karyotype is a representation of all of the chromosomes in a cell.
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Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory: tissue biopsies and bone marrow aspirates for karyotype and SNP array.
Hematopathology 2010
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Evans MI, Klinger KW, Isada NB, Shook D, Holzgreve W, McGuire N, Johnson MP: Rapid prenatal diagnosis by fluorescent in situ hybridization of chorionic villi: an adjunct to long term culture and karyotype.
Prenatal Diagnosis 2010
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This is impossible if parents have different karyotype.
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And if parents have the same karyotype, this is not a speciation at all.
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Serge: "This is impossible if parents have different karyotype."
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So this is the only loophole to overcome meiotic barrier between species and produce a new karyotype which sometimes became the basis for new species.
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From genetical standpoint, speciation is transition from one karyotype norm to another.
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It is also conceivable that the Homo sapiens karyotype could have independently arisen from different hominid ancestors elsewhere on earth.
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