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1. The probability of aneuploidy offspring is greatest for?
a. Non disjunction in meiosis
b. Non disjunction in meiosis I and II
c non disjunction in meiosis I
d non disjunction in meiosis II
2. Individuals having one complete set of chromosomes in addition to the normal diploid complement are termed:
a tetraploid
b trisomic
c triploid
d aneuploid
1. Option c is correct .
If non disjunction occurs in meiosis 1 then , out of 4 gametes 2 will be aneuploid (n-1) , not having any sex chromosome.
If non disjunction occurs in meiosis 2 , then out of 4 , only 1 gametes shows aneuploidy .
So probability of having aneuploid offspring will be greatest when nom disjunction occurs in meiosis 1 in any of the parent .
2. Option c is correct .
Triploidy occurs when a person inherits one complete set of chromosomes along with normal diploid chromosomes ( here one set is haploid set ). So it is 2n +1n=3n.
Trisomy is when person inherits extra copy of any chromosome like 21 in down syndrome . In this , person has 47 chromosome and is considered diploid.