alleryStart learning →An individual with the appropriate number of chromosomes for its species is described as what?
AAneuploid
BPolyploid
CMonosomic
DEuploid
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Euploid
1. Euploid means having the appropriate number of chromosomes for the species.
2. In humans euploidy is 22 pairs of autosomes plus one pair of sex chromosomes.
3. An error in chromosome number makes an individual aneuploid instead.
4. Polyploid means carrying more than the correct number of whole chromosome sets.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Modern Understandings of Inheritance", section 13.2 Chromosomal Basis of Inherited Disorders_
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