Definition of karyotype in English:
karyotype
noun ˈkarɪə(ʊ)tʌɪpˈkɛrioʊˌtaɪp
Biology Medicine The number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species.
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to markers from the linkage map, we also probed karyotypes with ribosomal RNA gene sequences and 4 of the 12 ungrouped markers.
- After therapy or with disease progression, karyotypes often vary from karyotypes at diagnosis.
- This method seems to be applicable, but it is very time consuming and will be subject to difficulties in species with karyotypes that include chromosomes of very different size.
- The distribution of acrocentric chromosomes among the karyotypes of species in each branch is shown.
- This SC karyotype is very similar to karyotypes developed from pachytene chromosome squashes.
Derivatives
adjective karɪəˈtɪpɪk
Biology Medicine Typically, altered gene dosage caused by karyotypic abnormalities results in embryonic lethality or birth defects.
Example sentencesExamples
- Twelve cases had complex karyotypic abnormalities, and 14 cases had a single karyotypic abnormality.
- In addition, various karyotypic and genetic studies have found limited amounts of change in chromosomes and DNA sequences when different species of acipenseriforms are compared.
- Macropodine marsupials (kangaroos and wallabies) offer unique insights into current theories expositing centromere emergence during karyotypic diversification and speciation.
- Our analysis of 1170 mammalian karyotypes provides strong evidence that karyotypic evolution is driven by nonrandom segregation during female meiosis.
Definition of karyotype in US English:
karyotype
nounˈkɛrioʊˌtaɪpˈkerēōˌtīp
Medicine Biology The number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species.
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to markers from the linkage map, we also probed karyotypes with ribosomal RNA gene sequences and 4 of the 12 ungrouped markers.
- After therapy or with disease progression, karyotypes often vary from karyotypes at diagnosis.
- This SC karyotype is very similar to karyotypes developed from pachytene chromosome squashes.
- This method seems to be applicable, but it is very time consuming and will be subject to difficulties in species with karyotypes that include chromosomes of very different size.
- The distribution of acrocentric chromosomes among the karyotypes of species in each branch is shown.