The nurse explains to a client that the condition of a sperm or egg having an irregular number of chromosomes is called
a. aneuploidy.
b. genotype.
c. phenotype.
d. polypeptide.
A
Aneuploidy is the condition of a sperm or an egg having an irregular number of chromosomes. Genotype is all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group. Phenotype is the ob-servable properties of an individual or group that results from the interaction of the genotype and the environment. A polypeptide is a molecular chain of amino acids.
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