Animal karyotypes display a great diversity in number and morphology. Mammalian genomes can be resolved by chromosome painting into comparatively large conserved chromosomal segments ...

The term "karyotype" refers to the chromosomal pattern inside the nucleus of an animal cell (eukaryote), as well as to describes the set of chromosomes in a species or in an individual organism.

The karyotype does change as a cancer cell divides, because the chromosomes are disrupted and thus don't copy perfectly. But the karyotype is "only flexible within a certain margin," Duesberg said.

The hybrid’s karyotype, or chromosome count and structure, displayed a unique combination: 76 chromosomes in total, with autosomes acrocentric and two X chromosomes differing in morphology—one ...

Your doctor may suggest that you get a karyotype test, based on the results of a pregnancy screening test. Find out what the test looks for and when it’s done.