Question: A litter of piglets is born with a high frequency of cleft palates. Karyotyping reveals a reciprocal translocation in the sire between chromosomes 8 and 14. What is the most likely explanation for the observed phenotype in the piglets? Need Assignment Help? A) The piglets inherited a balanced translocation B) The piglets have a normal karyotype C) The piglets have partial trisomy and monosomy due to unbalanced segregation D) The dam has a chromosomal abnormality