Karyotype examples, explained
Every common ISCN 2024 karyotype, drawn and explained: trisomies, monosomies, deletions, translocations, inversions, isochromosomes, ring chromosomes, mosaicism, and more. Every example is drawn by KaryoDraw and decoded symbol by symbol. New to the notation? Start with the guide on how to read a karyotype, or type any karyotype into the interactive visualizer.
Reading a karyotype
Trisomy
Monosomy
Sex chromosome aneuploidy
Deletion
Inversion
Isochromosome
Reciprocal translocation
Robertsonian translocation
Unbalanced derivative
Ring chromosome
Dicentric chromosome
Mosaicism
Duplication
Insertion
Polyploidy
Marker chromosome
Cancer cytogenetics
46,XY,t(15;17)(q24;q21)Acute promyelocytic leukemia t(15;17)
46,XX,t(8;21)(q22;q22)AML with t(8;21)
46,XY,inv(16)(p13q22)AML with inv(16)
46,XX,t(8;14)(q24;q32)Burkitt lymphoma t(8;14)
46,XX,t(14;18)(q32;q21)Follicular lymphoma t(14;18)
46,XY,t(11;14)(q13;q32)Mantle cell lymphoma t(11;14)
46,XX,t(12;21)(p13;q22)Childhood B-ALL t(12;21)
46,XX,del(5)(q13q33)5q minus syndrome (MDS)
45,XX,-7Monosomy 7 (MDS/AML)