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  2. Polysomy - Wikipedia

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    Polysomy is a condition found in many species, including fungi, plants, insects, and mammals, in which an organism has at least one more chromosome than normal, i.e., there may be three or more copies of the chromosome rather than the expected two copies. [ 1 ] Most eukaryotic species are diploid, meaning they have two sets of chromosomes ...

  3. Monosomy - Wikipedia

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    Monosomy. Schematic karyogram of a human, showing the normal diploid karyotype. It shows annotated bands and sub-bands as used for the nomenclature of chromosome abnormalities including partial monosomies. It shows 22 homologous chromosomes, both the female (XX) and male (XY) versions of the sex chromosome (bottom right), as well as the ...

  4. Trisomy - Wikipedia

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    Karyotype of a human with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). Trisomies can occur with any chromosome, but often result in miscarriage rather than live birth.For example, Trisomy 16 is most common in human pregnancies, occurring in more than 1%, but the only surviving embryos are those having some normal cells in addition to the trisomic cells (mosaic trisomy 16). [3]

  5. Aneuploidy - Wikipedia

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    Aneuploidy is the presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in a cell, for example a human cell having 45 or 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It does not include a difference of one or more complete sets of chromosomes. A cell with any number of complete chromosome sets is called a euploid cell.

  6. Chromosome abnormality - Wikipedia

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    Chromosome abnormality. A chromosomal abnormality, chromosomal anomaly, chromosomal aberration, chromosomal mutation, or chromosomal disorder is a missing, extra, or irregular portion of chromosomal DNA. [1][2] These can occur in the form of numerical abnormalities, where there is an atypical number of chromosomes, or as structural ...

  7. Trisomy 18 - Wikipedia

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    1 per 5,000 births [ 3 ] Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards syndrome, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of a third copy of all or part of chromosome 18. [ 3 ] Many parts of the body are affected. [ 3 ] Babies are often born small and have heart defects. [ 3 ] Other features include a small head, small jaw, clenched fists with ...

  8. 18p- - Wikipedia

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    18p-, also known as monosomy 18p, deletion 18p syndrome, del(18p) syndrome, partial monosomy 18p, or de Grouchy syndrome 1, is a genetic condition caused by a deletion of all or part of the short arm (the p arm) of chromosome 18. It occurs in about 1 of every 50,000 births.

  9. Chromosome 18 - Wikipedia

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    Chromosome 18 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 18 spans about 80 million base pairs (the building material of DNA ) and represents about 2.5 percent of the total DNA in cells .