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Aneuploidy, the Loss or Gain of One or More Individual

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Aneuploidy, the loss or gain of one or more individual chromosomes, may arise from the loss of a chromosome subsequent to translocation or from nondisjunction in meiosis or mitosis. It disrupts gene dosage and often has severe phenotypic effects.
-A diploid organism has 2n = 36 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will be found in a trisomic member of this species?

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