An individual has the following reciprocal translocation:
a. What would be the outcome of alternate segregation?
b.What would be the outcome of adjacent-1 segregation?
c.What would be the outcome of adjacent-2 segregation?
a. In alternate segregation, the translocated chromosomes segregate together during meiosis, resulting in two viable gametes with a normal complement of genetic material and two non-viable gametes with unbalanced genetic material.
b. In adjacent-1 segregation, the translocated chromosomes segregate with their centromeres in opposite poles during meiosis, resulting in two viable gametes with a balanced translocation and two non-viable gametes with duplications and deletions of genetic material.
c. In adjacent-2 segregation, the translocated chromosomes segregate with their centromeres in the same pole during meiosis, resulting in two non-viable gametes with duplications and deletions of genetic material and two other non-viable gametes with a balanced translocation.