Question

1. Many of the terms involving cells have a similar word form in them: prokaryote, eukaryote, and karyotype for example. Try to find out why (what the root word is and where it comes from), and report your findings here. Why do you think the root word is contained in all these words?


2. Look at the karyotype below, and note anything unusual. Find out what this unusual genotype means, and what some of the physical characteristics may be for someone who has this genotype.
THE KARYOTYPE IMAGE: http://oi40.tinypic.com/152z47n.jpg

Answer 1

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For the first question: κάρυον (karyon) is greek for nut or kernel.
eu means good, pro means before.

For the second question: you see that this genotype has 2 x chromosomes and 1 y chromosome. This is called the Klinefelder syndrome. Men with this condition may grow taller than average and have weaker muscle strenght/control.
There are more physical characteristics which you can find on this page.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001420/

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