What is One Difference Between Polyploidy and Aneuploidy

Question

What is one difference between polyploidy and aneuploidy?
A) Polyploidy is extra sets of chromosomes; aneuploidy does not increase by a full set.
B) Humans can be viable as polyploids but not as aneuploids.
C) Polyploidy is extra sex chromosomes; aneuploidy is extra autosomes.
D) Polyploidy is one extra chromosome; aneuploidy is one missing chromosome.
E) Polyploidy causes diseases and disorders in humans, aneuploidy does not.

Accepted Answer

Polyploidy involves having one or more extra sets of chromosomes, whereas aneuploidy involves a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, often due to the addition or loss of one or a few chromosomes, but not entire sets.