Non disjunction:

a. is the cause of sex determination in birds and mammals.
b. is the exchange of genetic material between the chromatids from homologous chromosomes.
c. is the unequal division of the genetic material during cell division.
d. is the division of cytoplasmic constituents.
e. occurs during mitosis but not meiosis.


Ans: c. is the unequal division of the genetic material during cell division.

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