The most common deffect that will occur with there is nondisjunction on the 21st chromosome is downs syndrome. Downs syndrome is a mental illness that can cause some physical abnormalities such as a large forhead, but also some intellectual delays.
The failure of chromosome pairs to separate properly during cell division.
what happens during meiosis that results in a defect characterized by the deletion of chromosomes
The chromosome number is halved during the first stage of meiosis, known as meiosis I.
During meiosis, the chromosome number is reduced by half. This is because the cell undergoes two rounds of division, resulting in four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
During meiosis, the chromosome number doubles because the cells replicate their DNA and split into two cells in meiosis I and in meiosis II, they replicate DNA and split once again, to form four cells.
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The chromosome number is halved during cell division in meiosis, not mitosis.
If nondisjunction occurs during meiosis, it results in the improper separation of chromosomes, leading to gametes with an abnormal number of chromosomes. When these gametes fuse during fertilization, the resulting zygote may have an extra chromosome (trisomy) or a missing chromosome (monosomy). This can lead to genetic disorders, such as Down syndrome, which is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. Nondisjunction can occur in either meiosis I or meiosis II, with differing impacts on the resulting gametes.
During meiosis, the chromosome number decreases by half. For example, if a human cell with 46 chromosomes were to undergo meiosis, the result would be four daughter cells with 23 chromosomes in each.
No. Meiosis results in halving of chromosome number. Chromosome number after one round of meiosis is half that of original chromosome number. Generally, meiosis takes place during gamete formation. So when two gametes fuse, they lead to restoration of the chromosome number. Hence chromosome number can be maintained in sexually reproducing organisms.
In Anaphase I
During meiosis, the chromosome number decreases by half. For example, if a human cell with 46 chromosomes were to undergo meiosis, the result would be four daughter cells with 23 chromosomes in each.