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Biology 2e
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ISBN: 9781947172517
Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
Publisher: OpenStax
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Chapter 12, Problem 33CTQ

People with trisomy 21 develop Down’s syndrome. What law of Mendelian inheritance is violated in this disease? What is the most likely way this occurs?

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