I came across this question
I know b and d can be seen but you couldn't really see translocations and nucleotide substitutions unless you compared the karyotype to a human karyotype without these mutations could you? As for the sex of a fetus I don't get it. If the karyotype is done on chromosomes from the fetus itself obviously you can tell but otherwise I don't know what this question is about.
Which of the following cannot be detected using karyotyping?
a)sex of a fetus
b)trisomy 21
c)chromosomal translocations
d)aneuploidy
e)nucleotide substitutions
I know b and d can be seen but you couldn't really see translocations and nucleotide substitutions unless you compared the karyotype to a human karyotype without these mutations could you? As for the sex of a fetus I don't get it. If the karyotype is done on chromosomes from the fetus itself obviously you can tell but otherwise I don't know what this question is about.