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Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0077536848
book Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson cover

Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0077536848
Exercise 12
Aneuploid gametes are cells that contain the wrong number of chromosomes. Aneuploidy occurs as a result of nondisjunction, or lack of separation of the chromosomes during either phase of meiosis.
a. At what point in meiotic cell division would nondisjunction occur
b. Imagine a cell had a diploid chromosome number of four. Create a diagram to illustrate the effects of nondisjunction of one pair of homologous chromosomes in meiosis I versus meiosis II.
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a) In the meiotic cell division, non-dis...

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