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Meaning of ANEUPLOIDY

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
 
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 See Also: abnormal condition, abnormalcy, abnormality

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Describes a cell or organism which has an abnormal total number of chromosomes and where numbers of individual chromosomes are out of proportion with the numbers of the other chromosomes. Too many chromosomes is called hyperploidy; too few is called hypoploidy. Aneuploidy is the opposite of euploidy.
 
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