Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 35
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Regina CAVA GARCÍA, Rubén ORTIZ PAMPLIN
Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
Term: karyotype
Gramatical category: s
Definition: A karyotype is the number, size and shape of the chromosomes of a somatic cell, a photomicrograph of an individual’s chromosomes arranged in a standard manner.
Context: ...a karyotype of the CB strain was prepared from bone marrow and tissue-cultured embryonic cells and is presented as a standard.
Weighting mark: nor
Sources:
Term: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Humangenetik. 8. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 177.