Question 1
A chromosome has broken, and a piece of one chromosome is translocated to a non-homologous chromosome. This is an example of what type of chromosomal alteration?
◦ paracentric inversion
◦ dicentric bridge
◦ unbalanced translocation
◦ Robertsonian translocation
◦ inversion loop
Question 2
A diploid organism with a genome size of
n = 23 experienced a Robertsonian translocation. How many chromosomes would you expect to see in the karyotype of a somatic cell in an affected individual?
◦ 21
◦ 25
◦ 42
◦ 44
◦ 46