Tumor cells arise from normal body cells after a series of cellular “mistakes” disrupts the controls over, and processes of, mitosis and cytokinesis. Describe two errors that might happen during the processes of mitosis and/or cytokinesis and that would produce a daughter cell with “extra” chromosomes.

What will be an ideal response?


Nondisjunction can occur in which one daughter cell receives both chromatids and the other daughter cell receives none: result could be trisomy 21 or 18 (Down’s Syndrome or Edward’s Syndrome).

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