Using Figure 17-37, calculate what percentage of conceptions are triploid. The same figure shows XO in the spontaneous-abortion category; however, we know that manyXO individuals are viable. In which of the viable categories would XO be grouped? The fates of a million implanted human zygotes1,000,000conceptions150,000spontaneous abortions850,000live births833,000children17,000perinatal deaths75,000chromosome abnormalities39,000 trisomics(3,510 trisomy 21)5,165chromosome abnormalities13,500 XO1,849 sex chromosomeaneuploids1,427 males422 femalesF 12,750 triploids– 4,500 tetraploids42 trisomy 13100 trisomy 181,041 trisomy 211,183 autosomal5,250 otherstrisomics758 balancedRobertsoniantranslocations758 balancedreciprocaltranslocations117 inversions500 unbalancedstructural aberrationsFIGURE 17-37 The proportion of chromosomal mutations is much higher in spontaneousabortions. [Data from K. Sankaranarayanan, Mutat. Res. 61, 1979, 249–257)]

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