Question

Write any two uses of karyotyping.

Answer 1

Uses of Karyotyping:

• Karyotyping helps to identify the sex of individuals through amniocentesis.
• Genetic diseases in human beings can be detected by this technique. If a disease is detected, the medical counseling for termination of pregnancy and abortion of such foetus can be done.
• By characterizing the normal karyotype, the chromosomal abnormalities such as deletion, duplication, translocation, non-disjunctions and the consequent aneuploids could be detected.