Which of the following IS NOT a balanced carrier of a chromosome rearrangement?
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Which of the following IS NOT a balanced carrier of a chromosome rearrangement?
An individual with karyotype 45,XX, t(14q /21q)
An individual with karyotype 46,XX, t (14q/21q)
A mentally retarded child with deletion of the last two bands of the ‘p’ arm in one of the copies of chromosome 5
A normal 40-year old woman with 46 chromosomes who has a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 18 and 20
A phenotypically normal woman with an autosomal inversion who has a history of a miscarriage.
Two of the above
Three of the above
A.An individual with karyotype 45,XX, t(14q /21q)
B.An individual with karyotype 46,XX, t (14q/21q)
C.A mentally retarded child with deletion of the last two bands of the ‘p’ arm in one of the copies of chromosome 5
D.A normal 40-year old woman with 46 chromosomes who has a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 18 and 20
E.A phenotypically normal woman with an autosomal inversion who has a history of a miscarriage.
F.Two of the above
G.Three of the above
Explanation / Answer
A mentally retarded child with deletion of the last two bands of the ‘p’ arm in one of the copies of chromosome 5 - This deletion leads to Cri du chat syndrome. It is caused due to the inheritance of unbalanced translocation from a parent, where the short arm of the chromosome 5 is missing.
Both Robertsonian translocations are balanced, autosomal inversions are always balanced and the the normal woman with reciprocal translocation will be a carrier of balanced reciprocal translocation.
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