What is Aneuploidy?

Aneuploidy refers to the loss or addition of one or more complete chromosomes to a normal chromosome.

Aneuploidy

Aneuploidy is a genetic imbalance caused by the loss or increase of one or more chromosomes.

There are four main types of aneuploidy variation in diploid.

Various aneuploidy have serious consequences in meiosis. For example, a monomer can produce two gametes, n and n-1. In 2n-1, a single, unpairable chromosome may be lost at a later stage and cannot be contained in the daughter cell nucleus, thus producing two n-1 gametes. Generally, plants are more tolerant of aneuploidy than animals.