What is aneuploidy?

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James J.
Jul 13, 2015

Any genetic situation where an organism has an abnormal number of chromosomes.

Explanation:

A normal human cell has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs). Any condition that results in something other than that (Downs syndrome for example which has and extra 21st chromosome), is said to be aneuploid.

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