Multiple choice

Blueprint: individual PAGE analogous to gene; entire floor analogous to chromosome; aneuploidy=

  1. an entire duplicate building

  2. a building with an extra floor

  3. a building lacking a floor

  4. a building with a floor with an extra room
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In this analogy, a chromosome is a floor and a gene is a page. Aneuploidy refers to an abnormal number of chromosomes, which corresponds to having an incorrect number of floors in the building.

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