Question

Describe how aneuploids are formed

Answer 1

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