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Genetics
Ploidy terminology
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
11/07/2010

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Term

aneuploidy

Definition

organism gains or loses one or more chromosomes

 

2n +/- x

 

incomplete set

 

(monosomy, disomy, trisomy)

Term
euploidy
Definition

complete haplois sets of chromosomes

 

any number of full sets

 

multiples of n

 

(diploidy, triploidy, polyploidy)

Term
nondisjunction
Definition
chromosomes or chromatids fail to disjoin and move to opposite poles[image]
Term
autopolyploidy
Definition

addition of one or more sets of chromosomes identical to the haploid complement of the same species

 

polyploids with multiple chromosome sets derived from a single species

Term
alloploidy
Definition

polyploids with chromosomes derived from different species.

 

AKA amphidiploid

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