Definitions
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- noun genetics The condition of being
aneuploid ; the state of possessingchromosome number that is not an exactmultiple of thehaploid number.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
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Examples
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In an average, healthy man, one to four percent of his sperm has aneuploidy, that is, sperm that has more or less of the usual number of 23 chromosomes.
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The fault - called aneuploidy - is thought to be the main barrier that has prevented IVF success rates rising above 30 per cent.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In Friday's online issue of the journal Cell, researchers describe a mechanism that could explain this phenomenon, known as aneuploidy.
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Too many or too few chromosomes - known as aneuploidy - is common in cancer.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The method of checking chromosome numbers is called aneuploidy screening, after the Latin for "not the right number".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The method of checking chromosome numbers is called aneuploidy screening, after the Latin for "not the right number".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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WASHINGTON - A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
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A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
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Updated Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10: 50 am TWN, AFP WASHINGTON -- A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, U.S. researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
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A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
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