If these four cells resulted from cell division of a single cell with diploid chromosome number 2n = 4,what best describes what just occurred?

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The four cells have different numbers of chromosomes, indicating that there was a failure of chromosome segregation during cell division. This is known as nondisjunction, which can result in aneuploidy (cells with abnormal chromosome numbers).

If These Four Cells Resulted from Cell Division of a Single