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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which of the following is caused by nondisjunction? A. Albinism B. Down's syndrome C. Huntington's disease D. Tay-Sachs disease

OpenStudy (abhisar):

any guesses ?

OpenStudy (abhisar):

Albinism is caused by a recessive allele, so its not disjunction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

mmm A

OpenStudy (abhisar):

No, i just said its not a non-disjunction

OpenStudy (abhisar):

Non-disjunction means when a replicated chromosome fails to get separated.

OpenStudy (abhisar):

This causes polyploidy (more than 2 sets of a single chromosome).

OpenStudy (abhisar):

now in Down's syndrome, trisomy (3 sets of a single chromosome)on chromosome no 21 occurs.

OpenStudy (abhisar):

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