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nondisjunction: a standalone construct

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Cytogenetics

failure of chromosomes or chromatids to separate properly at cell division, producing cells with extra or missing chromosomes.

In cytogenetics, nondisjunction refers to failure of chromosomes or chromatids to separate properly at cell division, producing cells with extra or missing chromosomes. This meaning comes from Bridges (1916) in Genetics.[1]

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References

Bridges, C. B. (1916). Non-disjunction as Proof of the Chromosome Theory of Heredity. Genetics, 1(1), 1-52. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/1.1.1

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