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Cytogenetic examination of a patient with dysfunction of the reproductive system revealed normal karyotype 46,XY in some cells, but most cells have Klinefelter's syndrome karyotype - 47,XXY Such phenomenon of cell inhomogeneity is called:

Answer options

  1. Mosaicism
  2. Inversion
  3. Transposition
  4. Duplication
  5. Heterogeneity
Correct answer

Mosaicism

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