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What does aneuploidy mean?

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Noun
  1. (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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In principle, non-disjunction during spermatogenesis could lead to aneuploidy, which might cause fetal death.
The possibility that screening for aneuploidy and eliminating affected embryos could improve the success score of IVF has been put forward.
The most direct way to assess chromosomal aneuploidy is to evaluate chromosome numbers in metaphase cells.
There may be specific types of mutagens, e.g. aneuploidy inducers, which act preferentially during meiotic gametogenesis stages.
Cytokinetic abnormalities in DNA content, such as aneuploidy, haploidy, and tetraploidy, have been found to occur in human cartilaginous tumors.
True non-disjunction as a mechanism causing aneuploidy was separately assessed when a bivalent was found in a set of metaphase II chromosomes.

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