using the completed karyotype, answer the following questions in the essay box below.
is this individual male or female? how can you tell?
how many chromosomes does this individual have?
give two examples of what would occur if one of the pairs did not match or had an extra chromosomes. explain how this might occur, and if it would be dangerous to the individual.

If you are male, you have an XY pair. If you are female, you have an XX pair.

Every individual can only have 46 chromosomes.

A change in the number of chromosomes can cause problems with growth, development, and function of the body's systems.

It can occur in early fetal development, or in any cell after birth.

both male and female gametes are produced by meiosis of the germ cells. therefore, both male and female gametes are haploid. one male and one female gamete unite during the fertilization to form the diploid zygote. in seed bearing plants, pollen grain is the male gametophyte, which produces sperm cells.

the answer would be d : p