List any three applications of karyotype.

Explanation

(i) It helps in gender identification.
(ii) It is used to detect the chromosomal aberrations like deletion, duplication, translocation, nondisjunction of chromosomes.
(iii) It helps to identify the abnormalities of chromosomes like aneuploidy.
(iv) It is also used in predicting the evolutionary relationships between species.
(v) Genetic diseases in human beings can be detected by this technique.