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Trisomy 21

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

The most prevalent form of Down’s syndrome in which each cell contains an extra 21st chromosome in an otherwise diploid cell, often by non-disjunction (a chromosomal mutation resulting in cells having too many or one too few chromosomes).

See Chromosome, Diploid, Diploid, Down’s syndrome, Mosaicism

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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