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What does cytogenetics mean?


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Cytogenetics:

  1. Cytogenetics is the study of inheritance in relation to the structure and function of chromosomes.
  2. Cytogenetics involves testing samples such as blood, bone marrow, and tissue in the laboratory to identify the changes in chromosomes like if they underwent any of the processes like repair, condensation, repair, and segregation.
  3. Cytogenetics deals with the structure, function, and other properties of DNA in the cell nucleus.
  4. This DNA condenses during cell division to form chromosomes.
  5. Cytogenetics includes the studies of the number and morphology of chromosomes.

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