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Deletion |
Chromosome breakage resulting in lost chromosome fragments |
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Duplication |
Join to a sister (or nonsister) chromatid |
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Inversion |
Rejoin original chromosome in reverse orientation |
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Translocation |
Join a non homologous chromosome |
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Aneuploidy |
Creates a nontypical number of chromosomes through a chromosomal aberration in which certain chromosomes are present in extra copies or are deficient in numbers |
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Monosomic |
Chromosomal condition where person has one copy of a chromosome |
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Nondisjunction |
An accident of meiosis or mitosis in which both members of a pair of homologous chromosomes or both sister chromatids fail to move apart |
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Polyploidy |
A chromosomal alteration in which the organism possesses more than two complete chromosome sets |
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Trisomic |
Extra copy of chromosome where there is normally only two |
