Which of the following are considered aneuploidy?
a. Angelman's syndrome
b. Down's syndrome
c. Edward's syndrome
d. Jacob's syndrome
e. Prader-Willi syndrome
f. Turner's syndrome
g. Klinefelter's syndrome
h. Patau's syndrome

Aneuploidy is a defect on the number of chromosomes a cell has. Human cells have 46 chromosomes, an additional chromosome (47) or a missing one (45) is an aneuploidy. Aneuploidy is usually due to a defect during cell division (chromosomes don’t separate). The following disease are examples of aneuploidy:

b. Down's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 21)

c. Edward's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 18)

d. Jacob's syndrome (a male with an extra Y chromosome)

f. Turner's syndrome (a female missing a X chromosome)

g. Klinefelter's syndrome (a male with an extra X chromosome)

h. Patau's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 13)

Which of the following are considered aneuploidy? a. Angelman's syndrome b. Down's syndrome c. Edward's syndrome d. Jacob's syndrome e. Prader-Willi syndrome f. Turner's syndrome g. Klinefelter's syndrome h. Patau's syndrome

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Which of the following are considered aneuploidy?
a. Angelman's syndrome
b. Down's syndrome
c. Edward's syndrome
d. Jacob's syndrome
e. Prader-Willi syndrome
f. Turner's syndrome
g. Klinefelter's syndrome
h. Patau's syndrome