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    Nondisjunction is the failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate properly during cell division (mitosis/meiosis). There are three...
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    called nondisjunction, in which normal cell division is interrupted and produces gametes with too many or too few chromosomes. Nondisjunction is a random...
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    diagnosis is reached. Pentasomy X is not inherited but rather occurs via nondisjunction, a random event in gamete development. In rare cases, it may be related...
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    II. A failure to separate properly is known as nondisjunction. There are two main types of nondisjunction that occur: trisomy and monosomy. Trisomy is caused...
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    nondisjunction event during paternal meiosis I, maternal meiosis I, or maternal meiosis II, also known as gametogenesis. The relevant nondisjunction in...
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    designation (46,XX). Trisomy 21 (47,XY,+21) is caused by a meiotic nondisjunction event. A typical gamete (either egg or sperm) has one copy of each chromosome...
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    caused by nondisjunction of chromosomes during meiosis (the mosaic form is caused by nondisjunction during mitosis). Like all nondisjunction conditions...
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    not caused by characteristics of the parents, but rather occurs via nondisjunction, a random event in gamete development. The karyotype observed in the...
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    generally not inherited, but rather occurs via a random event called nondisjunction during gamete or zygote development. The formal term for the karyotype...
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    than two. Trisomy 18 (47,XX,+18) is caused by a meiotic nondisjunction event. In nondisjunction, a pair of chromosomes fails to separate during cell division;...
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