Human Genetics: Chromosomes

Mutations large enough to be seen with a light microscope and/or fluorescent probes

• missing, extra, or moved DNA

• structural variants

Large-scale chromosomal abnormalities present in all cells ___ or ___ prenatal development

disrupt or halt

only ___ % of all newborns have chromosomal anomalies that produce symptoms

0.65%

____ is the classical area of genetics that links chromosome variations to specific traits, including illnesses

cytogenetics