Definition for Uniparental disomy
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Uniparental disomy (UPD) occurs when a person receives two copies of a chromosome, or part of a chromosome, from one parent and no copies from the other parent. UPD could involve isodisomy (meiosis II error) or heterodisomy (meiosis I error).