An Individual with Patau Syndrome Would Be Called a Triploid

Question

An individual with Patau syndrome would be called a triploid.

Accepted Answer

Patau syndrome is caused by a trisomy of chromosome 13, which means there are three copies of chromosome 13 instead of the normal two. This results in a total of 47 chromosomes, not a triploid condition which would have 69 chromosomes.