KaryotypeMutations


 * Karyotype and Chromosome Mutations

__Karyotype-__ The general appearance or structure of a set of chromosomes within the nucleus of the cell. (p.341)** A Karyotype in humans will show you the 22 pairs of autosomes and the 1 pair of the sex determined chromosome.



__**Chromosome Mutation**__
 * 1) **Deletion - loss of all or part of a chromosome**
 * 2) **Duplication - when extra copies of parts of a chromosome are produced**
 * 3) **Inversion - reversed direction of parts of a chromosome**
 * 4) **Translocation - part of a chromosome breaks off and attaches to another chromosome**
 * 5) **Nondisjunction - chromosomes do not separate in meisosis**