Triploidy is a chromosomal disorder characterized by an organism having three copies of each chromosome instead of the usual two.
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Monosomy: A chromosomal condition where there is only one copy (instead of the usual pair) for a particular chromosome.
Trisomy: A similar chromosomal disorder where there are three copies (instead of the usual pair) for a particular chromosome.
Genome: The whole hereditary information encoded in an organism’s DNA.