Down Syndrome Most Commonly Results from

question 39

Multiple Choice

Down syndrome most commonly results from

• A)a failure of the twenty-first pair of chromosomes to separate during meiosis.
• B)increased age of the father.
• C)oxygen deprivation during or immediately after birth.
• D)mutation of the genetic material on the twenty-third chromosomal pair.

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