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Understanding Karyotyping and Disorders by Sarthak is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Karyotyping is a process that pairs and orders all the chromosomes of an organism to provide a genome-wide view. Clinical cytogeneticists analyze human karyotypes to detect genetic changes, such as aneuploid conditions like Down syndrome which is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. Careful analysis of karyotypes can also reveal more subtle structural changes and are becoming a key diagnostic tool in medicine.
- Author
- Sarthak
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- EN