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Explain how abnormal meiosis may lead to the genetic disorder of down's syndrome?

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Abnormal meiosis can lead to trisomy 21 or Down's syndrome. This is when there is a third copy of a chromosome 21. This can happen during nondisjunction when the pairs chromosomes are being switched around ding meiosis. I hope this helps!
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