Down Syndrome Is Caused by

question 109

Multiple Choice

Down syndrome is caused by

• A) improper migration of brain cells during brain development.
• B) an inherited faulty gene.
• C) a genetic error in which a vital enzyme is missing in the brain.
• D) the presence of an extra twenty-first chromosome.
• E) obstetric difficulties at the time of birth.

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