Question

Which of the following are considered aneuploidy?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is: B, C, D,F, G, H.

Explanation:

Aneuploidy is a defect on the number of chromosomes a cell has. Human cells have 46 chromosomes, an additional chromosome (47) or a missing one (45) is an aneuploidy. Aneuploidy is usually due to a defect during cell division (chromosomes don’t separate). The following disease are examples of aneuploidy:

b. Down's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 21)

c. Edward's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 18)

d. Jacob's syndrome (a male with an extra Y chromosome)

f. Turner's syndrome (a female missing a X chromosome)

g. Klinefelter's syndrome (a male with an extra X chromosome)

h. Patau's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 13)