what is euploidy and aneuploidy?

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Euploidy is the condition in which an individual has the perfect number of chromosomes in them.
Aneuploidy is the condition in which an individual has one or more chromosomes added or deleted to the normal chromosome number.
Euploidy
Aneuploidy
1. There can different levels of ploidy starting from haploid, diploid, triploid and more.
1. There can different forms of aneuploidy like nullisomy, monosomy, trisomy and more.
2. Plants mostly have different levels of euploidy while animals do not.
2. Aneuploidy occurs in animals and plants due to chromosomal abnormality.
3. Occurs due to normal mitotic and meiotic divisions.
3. Occurs due to chromosomal non-disjunctions during division.
4. Euploidy helps in the formation of new species.
4. Aneuploidy creates abnormality in the present species.

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Euploidy	Aneuploidy
1. There can different levels of ploidy starting from haploid, diploid, triploid and more.	1. There can different forms of aneuploidy like nullisomy, monosomy, trisomy and more.
2. Plants mostly have different levels of euploidy while animals do not.	2. Aneuploidy occurs in animals and plants due to chromosomal abnormality.
3. Occurs due to normal mitotic and meiotic divisions.	3. Occurs due to chromosomal non-disjunctions during division.
4. Euploidy helps in the formation of new species.	4. Aneuploidy creates abnormality in the present species.