Genetic mechanisms of nondisjunction in humans
Missegregation of chromosomes in meiosis, or nondisjunction, occurs relatively frequently in humans, and results in pregnancy loss. There is a correlation with advancing maternal age, but the cause of the dramatic increase of aneuploidy, and specifically trisomy (the presence of three copies of a...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16949 |