aneuploidy

1. The state or condition of being aneuploid.

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Human embryos experience unusually high rates of chromosome gain and loss, known as aneuploidy, in early development.

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When random mistakes occur during chromosome replication, fertilized eggs can inherit cells with these errors and result in a condition called aneuploidy, which essentially means "the wrong number of chromosomes."

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The PGT-A test is used to screen for aneuploidy, which is when an improper number of chromosomes — either too few or too many — is detected in sampled cells.

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Finally, aneuploidy is emerging as a possible early event driving tumour evolution12,13, but information about the frequency and types of chromosomal instability during the initial stages of tumour evolution is extremely limited.

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The test also checked the samples for aneuploidy, the presence of abnormal numbers of chromosomes in cells.

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