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In putting together a human karyotype, a geneticist takes a picture of each cond

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Question

In putting together a human karyotype, a geneticist takes a picture of each condensed chromosome in a human cell and arranges the pictures into 22 autosomal pairs and 1 pair of sex chromosomes. Which of the following do the two chromosomes of any given autosomal pair have in common?

A. length, centromere position, and banded staining pattern.

B. length, centromere position, banded staining pattern, and the same alleles for each gene.

C. length, centromere position, banded staining pattern, and the same genes.

D. they have nothing in common except that they are X-shaped.

E. length, centromere position, banded staining pattern, and the same number of genes

Explanation / Answer

B. length, centromere position, banded staining pattern, and the same alleles for each gene.