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Nondisjunction

Synonym(s)

The failure of homologous CHROMOSOMES or CHROMATIDS to segregate during MITOSIS or MEIOSIS with the result that one daughter cell has both of a pair of parental chromosomes or chromatids and the other has none.: Definition from: Unified Medical Language System (MeSH) at the National Library of Medicine


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