Define aneuploidy. Where (which parent), and when (which stage of meiosis) does the aneuploidy resulting in: (a)...

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Define aneuploidy. Where (which parent), and when (which stageof meiosis) does the aneuploidy resulting in:

(a) Klinefelter syndrome

(b) Down syndrome occur?

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Aneuploidy A condition in which a person has one or a few chromosomes above or below the normal chromosome number for example a human cell having 45 or 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46Aneuploidy can be caused by a failure of homologous chromosomes to separate properly at meiosis or mitosis a phenomenon called    See Answer
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