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Jaeden Jensen

19 July, 10:02

Down syndrome is most often the result of an extra copy of chromosome 21, a condition known as trisomy 21. The extra chromosome originates from the failure of homologous pairs to separate during gamete formation in one parent. Subsequent fertilization results in a zygote with three copies of chromosome 21. Which term best classifies the event in the passage above that leads to trisomy 21?

A nondisjunction

B insertion

C crossing over

D translocation

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