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	Monoploid is defined as the half of the normal number of [[Chromosomes\|chromosomes]]. This is also known as gene reduction due to the reduced number of chromosomes in the [[Genome\|genome]]. <br>Monoploidy is very infrequent because detection might not be possible as [[Recessive lethal mutations\|recessive lethal mutations]] will then become unmasked, causing death. However, this is not the same with [[Diploid\|diploids]] due to that the dominant [[Alleles\|alleles]] will mask the effect in the genome, thus avoiding death.		Monoploid is defined as the half of the normal number of [[Chromosomes\|chromosomes]]. This is also known as gene reduction due to the reduced number of chromosomes in the [[Genome\|genome]]. <br>Monoploidy is very infrequent because detection might not be possible as [[Recessive lethal mutations\|recessive lethal mutations]] will then become unmasked, causing death. However, this is not the same with [[Diploid\|diploids]] due to that the dominant [[Alleles\|alleles]] will mask the effect in the genome, thus avoiding death.<br>

	~~<br>~~		=== Cause of monoploidy: ===

	~~Cause of monoploidy:~~		Due to [[Non disjunction\|non disjunction]] - This is where separation of chromosome pairs is unsuccessful during the process of [[Cell division\|cell division]]. Deletion on one chromosome and chromosome duplication on the other arise due to unequal [[Crossing over\|crossing over]]. Thus, this leads to gene reduction in one and subsequently [[gene\|gene]] duplication on the other chromosome.

	Due to [[Non disjunction\|non disjunction]]- This is where separation of chromosome pairs is unsuccessful during the process of [[Cell division\|cell division]]. Deletion on one chromosome and chromosome duplication on the other arise due to unequal [[Crossing over\|crossing over]]. Thus, this leads to gene reduction in one and subsequently gene duplication on the other chromosome.

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Monoploid is defined as the half of the normal number of [[Chromosomes|chromosomes]]. This is also known as gene reduction due to the reduced number of chromosomes in the [[Genome|genome]]. <br>Monoploidy is very infrequent because detection might not be possible as [[Recessive lethal mutations|recessive lethal mutations]] will then become unmasked, causing death. However, this is not the same with [[Diploid|diploids]] due to that the dominant [[Alleles|alleles]] will mask the effect in the genome, thus avoiding death.

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Cause of monoploidy:

Due to [[Non disjunction|non disjunction]]- This is where separation of chromosome pairs is unsuccessful during the process of [[Cell division|cell division]]. Deletion on one chromosome and chromosome duplication on the other arise due to unequal [[Crossing over|crossing over]]. Thus, this leads to gene reduction in one and subsequently gene duplication on the other chromosome.

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Nnjm2 at 09:33, 26 November 2011

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