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nondisjunction's Usage Examples:

The majority of cases of Down syndrome occur due to an extra chromosome 21 within the egg cell supplied by the mother (nondisjunction).

Mosaicism-A genetic condition resulting from a mutation, crossing over, or nondisjunction of chromosomes during cell division, causing a variation in the number of chromosomes in the cells.

This event is referred to as nondisjunction.

nondisjunction's Meaning':

meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells

Synonyms:

meiosis, miosis, reduction division,

Antonyms:

overstatement,