Chromosome Mutations Quiz

What is the term for an individual's collection of chromosomes?

• Allele

• Genome

• Phenotype

• Karyotype

Which type of chromosome mutation involves a segment of chromosome being reversed end to end?

• Translocation

• Duplication

• Deletion

• Inversion

What is the cause of Turner syndrome?

• Duplication mutation

• Translocation mutation

• Non-disjunction

• Inversion mutation

Which syndrome is caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21?

• Klinefelter syndrome

• Turner syndrome

• Trisomy syndrome

• Down syndrome

What is the most common form of chromosomal translocation in humans?

• Robertsonian translocation

• Reciprocal translocation

• Non-reciprocal translocation

• Balanced translocation