Edward syndrome is on account of .......

  • A
    $45$ chromosomes instead of $46$
  • B
    Presence of three chromosomes on $18^{th}$ pair of autosome
  • C
    Presence of three chromosomes on $21^{st}$ pair of autosome
  • D
    Presence of three pair of sex chromosomes

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