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Aneuploidy

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Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

A condition in which an organism has an abnormal number of chromosomes, typically one or a few extra or missing chromosomes, resulting from nondisjunction.

AP course connection

Topic 6.7: 6.7 Mutations

Unit 6

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