Question #74654
Describe how aneuploids are formed
Expert's answer
Aneuploids are the cells with deviation in the chromosome number. It occurs if the chromosomes
segregation is erred during the mitosis or the meiosis. The results of missegregation are:
whole chromosomal aneuploidy which is gain or loss of the chromosome
structural aneuploidy which is rearrangement of tge chromosome
Source:
Orr, B., Godek, K. M., & Compton, D. (2015). Aneuploidy.Current Biology : CB, 25(13), R538–
R542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.010
segregation is erred during the mitosis or the meiosis. The results of missegregation are:
whole chromosomal aneuploidy which is gain or loss of the chromosome
structural aneuploidy which is rearrangement of tge chromosome
Source:
Orr, B., Godek, K. M., & Compton, D. (2015). Aneuploidy.Current Biology : CB, 25(13), R538–
R542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.010
