What Is Down's Syndrome?
21st Chromosome Trisomy due to non-meiotic dysjunction of a gamete.
What is Trisomy?
Usually, chromosomes are paired. 23 pairs and that is total of 46 chromosomes.
Sometimes, due to non-dysjunction of a gamete, one might get an extra chromosome. That will sum up to 47 chromosomes. And hence called Trisomy.
In Down's Syndrome, the extra chromosome is present on 21st pair.
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