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What does nondisjunction lead to?
Various kinds of genetic disorders, as the embryo will end up with two copies or zero copies of a gene.
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What is the Effects of nondisjunction?
Non-disjunction can result in a number of different conditions, including Down Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, Turner's Syndrome, Super Males, Triple X syndrome or Edward's Syndrome.
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Why does nondisjunction happen?
Non-disjunction happens for a number of reasons. If the child is exposed to High Temperatures, a virus, chemicals or radiation, Non-disjunction could occur. Sometimes there are just random errors in...
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What is nondisjunction and why is it harmful?
Nondisjunction is the failure of a homolog to separate during meiosis causing trisomy (an extra chromosome) or monosomy (a missing chromosome), it can be harmful because it is a mutation that can...
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When does nondisjunction occur?
Nondisjunction occurs during the Anaphase stage of Meiosis. In this stage, the sister chromosomes move to opposite sides of the cell. However, in Nondisjunction one or more set(S) of chromosomes move...