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Normal Karyotype = Study of chromosomes Human somatic cells contain 46 chromosomes22 homologous pairs of autosomes and two sex chromosomes, XX in the female and XY in the maleProcedurechromosome spread in metaphasearrest mitosis in dividing cells in metaphase by the use of mitotic spindle inhib
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1. Genetic Disorders
2. Normal Karyotype = Study of chromosomes
Human somatic cells contain 46 chromosomes
22 homologous pairs of autosomes and two sex chromosomes, XX in the female and XY in the male
Procedure
chromosome spread in metaphase
arrest mitosis in dividing cells in metaphase by the use of mitotic spindle inhibitors (e.g., colcemid)
In metaphase spread, the individual chromosomes take the form of two chromatids
photographed or imaged stained
MC stain for chromosomes - Giemsa stain (G banding )
Nomenclature
Male with trisomy 21 is designated 47,XY,+21
Short arm of a chromosome - p (for petit), & long arm - q (the next letter of alphabet)
Chromosomal segment located on the short arm of the X chromosome, in region 2, band 1, and sub-band 2-Xp21.2
3. Normal Karyotype
4. FISH =Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization
Major limitations of karyotyping
applicable only to cells that are dividing
micro deletions, complex translocations, and telomere alterations not readily detectable by routine karyotyping
Procedure (FISH)
Probes are labeled with fluorescent dyes and applied to interphase nuclei
Spectral karyo typing (SKY)
combination of five fluorochromes and appropriate computer-generated signals
Recent FISH application
Tumor-specific alterations in gene copy number can be ascertained
Compares the DNA content of normal and tumor cell populations