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Aneuploidy vs Monosomy - What's the difference?

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Aneuploidy is a related term of monosomy.


As nouns the difference between aneuploidy and monosomy

is that aneuploidy is (genetics) the condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question while monosomy is a genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.

aneuploidy

English

Noun

  • (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.

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    monosomy

    English

    (wikipedia monosomy)

    Noun

  • A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair.

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    *aneuploidy