1. Home Lesson: Karyotypes Unit: Genetics

2. What is a karyotype?? A karyotype is a picture of a person's chromosomes. In order to get this picture, the chromosomes are taken out of the cell, stained, and lined up. A picture of the chromosomes is then taken through a microscope.

3. Karyotype Example 1 2 1 3 4 12 5 X 9 11 Y 8 76 18 17 16 15 13 1 14 19202122 10

4. Karyotype Example 1 2 1 3 4 12 5 X 9 11 Y 8 76 18 17 16 15 13 1 14 19202122 10

5. Karyotype Example 1 2 1 3 4 12 5 X 9 11 Y 8 76 18 17 16 15 13 1 14 19202122 10

6. Karyotype Example 2

7. Karyotype Example 3

9. Karyotype Example 4

12. How are karyotypes useful? They can be used by doctors to determine the gender of a baby They can be used by doctors to diagnose chromosomal genetic disorders