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which of the following statements best describes a karyotype? the collection of all the chromosomes in an individual organism a pictorial representation of all the genes for a species the combination of all the maternal and paternal chromosomes of a species a display of all of the chromosomes of a single cell
A karyotype is a visual display (usually in a pictorial form) of all the chromosomes in a single cell. It arranges the chromosomes by size, shape, and banding pattern. The first option refers to the collection (not a display), the second option is about genes (karyotype is about chromosomes), and the third option is about a species' combination (karyotype is per - cell).
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a display of all of the chromosomes of a single cell