Glossary: Chromosome Variation

Review the definitions of terms from the Chromosome Variation pathway in this glossary.

Topics

  • glossary
  • allopolyploid
  • allopolyploidy
  • aneuploidy
  • autopolyploid
  • autopolyploidy
  • autosome
  • balanced rearrangement
  • chromosome mutation
  • chromosome rearrangement
  • chromosome
  • CNV
  • copy number variation
  • deletion
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • diploid
  • displaced duplication
  • DNA
  • dosage compensation mechanism
  • Down syndrome
  • duplication
  • fusion gene
  • fusion protein
  • gene dosage
  • gene product
  • genome
  • haploid number
  • haploid
  • heptaploid
  • hexaploid
  • hybridization
  • idiogram
  • inversion
  • karyogram
  • karyotype
  • monosomy
  • n
  • nondisjunction
  • nonhomologous chromosomes
  • nonreciprocal translocation
  • octoploid
  • paracentric inversion
  • pentaploid
  • pericentric inversion
  • Philadelphia chromosome
  • ploidy
  • polyploid
  • polyploidy
  • reciprocal translocation
  • sex chromosome
  • single set
  • tandem duplication
  • tetraploid
  • translocation
  • triploid
  • trisomy 21
  • trisomy
  • unbalanced rearrangement
  • X-chromosome inactivation