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Assertion:Aneuploidy may be of hypoploid...

Assertion:Aneuploidy may be of hypoploidy or hyperploidy type.
Reason:Monosomy lacks one pair of chromosomes.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If the assertion and reason both are false.

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C
Aneuploidy can be either due to loss of one or more chromosomes (hypoploidy) or due to addition of one or more chromosomes to complete chromosome complement (hyperploidy).hypoploidy is mainly due to loss of a single chromosomes, nullisomes (2n-1) or due to loss of one pair of chromosomes nullisomes (2n-2).
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