Explain what causes aneuploidy

What will be an ideal response?


Nondisjunction is failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate in meiosis. This results in gametes with too few or too many chromosomes. When these participate in fertilization, the zygote that results has too few or too many chromosomes and is aneuploid.

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