Talk:Aneuploidy
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There is little more than a dicdef here; I propose moving the Haploidy, Diploidy, Haploidisation, Polyploidy, and Aneuploidy pages to Ploidy. You have to read all those articles to understand ploidy anywho. I'll be happy to do the merge after approvial. Lefty 16:02, 2005 Mar 12 (UTC)
- also Haplodiploidy. Lefty 16:09, 2005 Mar 12 (UTC)
- The rationalistation it should go more like this:
- Ploidy + Haploidy + Haploidisation + Diploidy (regular ploidy)
- Aneuploidy + monosomy + trisomy (abnormal number of chromosomes)
- Polyploidy and its variants (doubling of chromosome numbers) --nixie 22:10, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I've heard tetraploidy can be almost as common as diploidy in some plants. Should this be addressed (ie- state that ploidy is relavent only when talking about a specific species. Or is ploidy definded as "natural is diploidy.") DavidMendoza 22:14, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Check out the ploidy artcile it is discussed there, but could probably use a bit more expansion. Even though tetraploidy is widely common in plants it is still considered polyploidy, it's our human diploid bias :) --nixie 00:28, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] recent findings suggest that aneuploidy may be more common
More specifically, in brains, perhaps in human brains.
--Extremophile 23:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Conflicting Information
It says on this page that trisomy 16 is the most common trisomy in humans. The trisomy 18 page, however, says that it is the second most common trisomy after Down Syndrome (trisomy 21).
