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The condition in which one or more chromosomes are missing from, or added to, the normal somatic chromosome number during meiosis is called

  1. aneuploidy

  2. polyteny

  3. polyploidy

  4. morphology
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Aneuploidy refers to a condition where the chromosome number is not an exact multiple of the haploid set, involving the loss or gain of individual chromosomes. Polyploidy involves the addition of entire sets of chromosomes, while polyteny refers to giant chromosomes formed by repeated replication without division.

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