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Yes, extra or missing chromosomes result in abnormal phenotypes. SomeÊcommon examples of this areÊDown's Syndrome and certain kinds of intersex.

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The reproductive system of either parents is damaged, diseased (including genetic disease), or just "makes a mistake".

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An error in cell division.

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When a child is born with extra or missing chromosomes?

Mental Retardation.


What is the diagnostic tool that reveals missing or extra chromosomes and some structural changes in an individual's chromosomes?

Karyotyping


What are the causes of heredity diseases?

The causes of a hereditary disease is a missing chromosome, and extra chromosome. Like in Down Syndrome there is an extra chromosome 26.


What type of disorders are karyotyping used to diagnose?

Chromosomal disorders can be observed in a human karyotype. It can show whether there are extra chromosomes, or missing chromosomes, or malformed chromosomes, or whether chromosomes have extra pieces, or missing pieces.


The failure of replicated chromosomes to separate is called?

The failure of replicated chromosomes to separate is called nondisjunction. This will cause extra or missing chromosomes in the daughter cells.


What mutation causes either the inclusion of an extra chromosomes in offspring or the deletion of an entire chromosomes?

non-disjunction


What chromosomes do you get an extra copy for in humans that results in Down syndrome?

Down Syndrome is caused by a triplication of the 21st chromosome.


What are three disorders caused by missing or extra chromosomes?

1) down's syndrome2) turner syndrome3) jacob's syndrome


What causes a baby to come out deformed?

Mutations in their chromosomal DNA. Each parent gives chromosomes to the baby, and when they meet sometimes there are doubles of chromosomes, missing chromosomes, or mutated chromosomes which cause abnormalities in the DNA and overall the child.


What happens if a human has too many or too few chromosomes?

It depends on which chromosomes were present as to what the abnormality would be, if any. If they were missing one or had one extra there would be developmental abnormalities.


What chromosomal abnormality causes Turner syndrome?

If one of sex chromosomes is missing. Normal-XX Turner- XO


What genes or chromosomes is the muitation that causes turners syndrome?

Turner syndrome is the result of one of the two X chromosomes being missing or damaged in some or all cells. These chromosomes are the sex chromosomes, which determine whether a person will be male or female. As people with Turners only have an X chromosome and no Y chromosome they are born female.