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Monosomy vs Disomy - What's the difference?

monosomy | disomy |

As nouns the difference between monosomy and disomy

is that monosomy is a genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair while disomy is the normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a single cell.

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.

    • Related terms

    *aneuploidy

    disomy

    English

    Noun

    (disomies)
  • (cytology) The normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a single cell.

    • Related terms

    * disomal * trisomy

    See also

    * anueploidy * diploidy