You Are Performing a Karyotype for the First Time and You

Multiple Choice

You are performing a karyotype for the first time and you forget to add the colchicine. How do you predict this will affect your karyotype?

A) No affect - your karyotype will look normal.
B) You will be unable to see any chromosomes under the microscope.
C) You will only be able to see one of each chromosome.
D) The chromosomes in some cells will look normal (highly compacted) but in other cells distinct chromosomes will be hard to identify.