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nondisjunction

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nondisjunction [¦nän′dis‚jaŋk·shən]
(genetics)
Failure of homologous chromosomes to separate symmetrically during cell division, with both ending up in the same daughter cell instead of in each daughter cell.


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A possible explanation was suggested to be Y-chromosome nondisjunction, being more frequent in sperm of DBCP workers (Goldsmith et al.
Impact of PCB and p,p'-DDE contaminants on human sperm Y:X chromosome ... by Giwercman, Aleksander / Environmental Health Perspectives
This third component is probably the product of an earlier faulty cell division, a chromosomal nondisjunction.
Life As We Know It by Isbell, Harold / Commonweal
Nondisjunction in the human male, In: Meiosis and Gametogenesis.
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