What Is One Difference Between Polyploidy and Aneuploidy

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Multiple Choice

What is one difference between polyploidy and aneuploidy?

• A)Polyploidy is extra sets of chromosomes; aneuploidy occurs when there are either more or fewer chromosomes than normally exist in its species full set.
• B)Humans can be viable as polyploids but not as aneuploids.
• C)Polyploidy is extra sex chromosomes; aneuploidy is extra autosomes.
• D)Polyploidy is one extra chromosome; aneuploidy is one missing chromosome.
• E)Polyploidy causes diseases and disorders in humans; aneuploidy does not.

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