Aneuploidy is the presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in a cell, for example a human somatic cell having 45 or 47 chromosomes instead of the...

of aneuploidy is increased by tobacco smoking, and occupational exposure to benzene, insecticides, and perfluorinated compounds. Increased aneuploidy is...

syndrome and Turner syndrome. An abnormal number of chromosomes is known as aneuploidy, and occurs when an individual is either missing a chromosome from a pair...

plasma has led to new methods for the determination of fetal chromosomal aneuploidies. This type of testing is referred to as non-invasive prenatal testing...

heterozygotes) for the condition. Autosomal aneuploidy can also result in disease conditions. Aneuploidy of autosomes is not well tolerated and usually...

Nondisjunction results in daughter cells with abnormal chromosome numbers (aneuploidy). Calvin Bridges and Thomas Hunt Morgan are credited with discovering...

are not specific to pentasomy X, but rather common to sex chromosome aneuploidies in general and in particular show a strong resemblance to the male counterpart...

syndrome (PKS), also termed tetrasomy 12p mosaicism or the Pallister mosaic aneuploidy syndrome, is an extremely rare and severe genetic disorder. PKS is due...

Trisomic rescue (also known as trisomy rescue or trisomy zygote rescue) is a genetic phenomenon in which a fertilized ovum containing three copies of a...

called aneuploidy. Aneuploidy is very common in humans, with around 20-40% of all conceptions making a embryo displaying aneuploidy. Most aneuploidy events...