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Cytogenetics (Chapter 6) th

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Reading and Suggested Problems from Snustad Chapter 6; 5 and 6 eds. 5th ed. + +

6.1 6.1.1

CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES Analysis of Mitotic Chromosomes

p. 116 p. 116

p. 111 p. 111

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6.1.2 6.1.3

The Human Karyotype Cytogenetic Variation: An Overview

p. 117 p. 119

p. 113 p. 114

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6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2.3

POLYPLOIDY Sterile Polyploids Fertile Polyploids Tissue-Specific Polyploidy and Polyteny

p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122

p. 115 p. 115 p. 116

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6.3 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3

ANEUPLOIDY Trisomy in Human Beings Monosomy Deletions and Duplications of Chromosome Segments

p. 123 p. 124 p. 125 p. 128

p. 119 p. 120 p. 121

Tracing Sex Chromosome Nondisjunction

p. 128

p. 124

REARRANGEMENTS OF CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE Inversions Translocations Compound Chromosomes and Robertsonian Translocations

p. 130

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6.4

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6.4.1 6.4.2 6.4.3

p. 130 p. 131 p. 132

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