Among the many differences between the sexes, there is a much higher frequency of pattern balding among men than women. This trait involves a recessive allele which segregrates like all other alleles in meiosis. Explain the chromosomal mechanism that puts men at greater risk of balding than women? The characteristic for balding is formed on the y chromosme. Males have XY where as females only have XX chromosomes 4. In a typical karyotype analysis, a photograph is taken of a metaphase mitosis cell, the picture of each chromosome is cut-out, and chromosome pictures are paired by size, shape, and staining pattern. What critical information does this procedure indicate to the genetics clinic technician?