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Complete the following statements to describe Down syndrome. An example of nondisjunction in autosomes is (Click to select) , also called Down syndrome. This results from an extra copy of (Click to select) , usually donated from the (Click to select) in approximately 80 percent of the cases. Individuals with Down syndrome tend to have the following similar characteristics: short stature, an extra eyelid fold, stubby fingers, a fissured tongue, and sometimes (Click to select) . The chance of having a child with Down syndrome (Click to select) rapidly with maternal age, starting at about the age of 40.

          Complete the following statements to describe Down syndrome.
An example of nondisjunction in autosomes is 
(Click to select)
 , also called Down syndrome.
This results from an extra copy of 
(Click to select)
 , usually donated from the  
(Click to select)
 in approximately 80 percent of the cases.
Individuals with Down syndrome tend to have the following similar characteristics: short stature, an extra eyelid fold, stubby fingers, a fissured tongue, and sometimes 
(Click to select)
 .
The chance of having a child with Down syndrome  
(Click to select)
 rapidly with maternal age, starting at about the age of 40.
        
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Complete the following statements to describe Down syndrome. An example of nondisjunction in autosomes is (Click to select) , also called Down syndrome. This results from an extra copy of (Click to select) , usually donated from the (Click to select) in approximately 80 percent of the cases. Individuals with Down syndrome tend to have the following similar characteristics: short stature, an extra eyelid fold, stubby fingers, a fissured tongue, and sometimes (Click to select) . The chance of having a child with Down syndrome (Click to select) rapidly with maternal age, starting at about the age of 40.
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00:01 The answer to the question is as follows.
00:03 So there are many types of chromosomal abnormalities.
00:09 These abnormalities are of two types.
00:12 Either it can be euploidy or either it can be aneuploidy.
00:18 Euploidy is the one when whole set is deleted or added like 2n, 3n, 4n, 5n and aneuploidy is when one chromosome is deleted like leading to nonosomy, trisomy, nullisomy like 2n -1, 4n -1 or 2n -1 or 4n -1 like this.
00:58 So in the first one, there is an example of non -disjunction in autosome which is also called as down syndrome is the 21.
01:08 In this, there is addition of chromosome at chromosome number 21 that is why it is called as trisomy which is the type of aneuploidy...
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