Applications of Karyotyping

Applications of Karyotyping • It helps in gender identification. • It is used to detect the chromosomal aberrations like deletion, duplication, translocation, nondisjunction of chromosomes. • It helps to identify the abnormalities of chromosomes like aneuploidy. • It is also used in predicting the evolutionary relationships between species. • Genetic diseases in human beings can be detected by this technique.               ; <     $ & ' ) %    ( * & * Fig. . Human karyotype (male)