What are karyotype and ideogram?

Answer: The collection of Chromosomes found in a species’ nucleus is known as its karyotype. It reveals the chromosome’s size, number, structure, and type. Chromosomes in metaphase are observed to create this karyotype. This aids in chromosomal counting, measuring chromosome length, determining the proportion of long and short arms, locating centromeres, and identifying secondary constrictions. The ideogram is a diagrammatic representation of a karyotype. The identical chromosome pairs are ordered in the sequence of progressively shorter lengths when creating an ideogram. The Greek word “kernel,” which refers to the content of the nucleus, is the source of the word “karyotype.”