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What happens when Meiosis Goes WRONG??. When homologous chromosomes fail to separate it is called “nondisjunction” Abnormal # chromosomes will make their way into gametes This may occur during Meiosis 1 or Meiosis 2 A fetus may be naturally aborted A disorder may occur. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What happens when Meiosis Goes WRONG??
When homologous chromosomes fail to separate it is called “nondisjunction”
Abnormal # chromosomes will make their way into gametes
This may occur during Meiosis 1 or Meiosis 2
A fetus may be naturally aborted A disorder may occur
Trisomy - three of the same number of chromosome
Down Syndrome Trisomy 21 Three copies of the 21st chromosome Mild to severe Mental Retardation Increased susceptibility to many
diseases and higher frequency of some birth defects
When something goes wrong with the division of the sex chromosome…..
Turners- only one X chromosome is inherited
Women are sterile, Sex organs don’t develop at puberty
Kleinefelter’s syndrome XXY Kleinfelters small testes, man is
sterile, female characteristics
Trisomy 18 Birth defects , increase in infant mortality,
developmental delay Trisomy 13
Small head, birth size, heart defects, vision and hearing problems, disabilities
Your Job…
Create a Karyotype Determine the diagnosis Downsyndrome, Klienfelters, or Turners
Syndrome