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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
CBSEENBI12003262

2n-1 condition represent

  • tetrasomy

  • trisomy

  • monosomy

  • multisomy

Solution

C.

monosomy

When changes involve only a few chromosome say one or two and not the entire genome, the phenomenon is called aneuploidy. Monosomy is a case of aneuploidy, when there is loss of one chromosome from a pair of homologue.