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Principles of Inheritance and Variations — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variations2 Marks
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What is aneuploidy?
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The occurrence of one or more extra or missing chromosomes leading to an unbalanced chromosome completment, or any chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (which is 23).

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