Explain the difference in meiotic products that arise from a meiosis in which nondisjunction occurs
during the first division and a meiosis in which nondisjunction occurs during the second division.
What will be an ideal response?
If NDJ occurs during the first division, all meiotic products are affected and are aneuploid. If NDJ
occurs during the second division, half the meiotic products are normal and the other half are
aneuploid.
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