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Which genetic abnormality can be identified through karyotyping?
Extra chromosome
recessive allele
sex-linked allele
Point Mutation

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Extra chromosome.

Karyotyping shows whole chromosomes and can detect numerical or large structural abnormalities (e.g., trisomy 21 in Down syndrome, extra sex chromosome). It cannot identify specific gene alleles or single-base (point) mutations.