[tytd]

Hi Greg,
Hope you are doing well. I believe diploid cytogenetics just refers to the normal situation. If your cells have the normal karyotype with one chromosome from each parent then you have the normal (diploid = two) number. If you get a copy of a karyotype done from a normal male bone marrow you would see 2 copies of the 22 chromosomes and one X and one Y for the sex chromosomes. (a normal karyotype or normal diploid cytogenetics). However, in your case, you have some cells with abnormal cytogenetics with trisomy 8 which means you would have 3 copies of the number 8 chromosome instead of the normal 2. I am sure you probably already figured this out. By the way, where is the Manx rocket from? Good Luck tytd