Campbell Biology in Focus
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Chapter 12.4, Problem 1CC
About 5% of individuals with Down syndrome have a chromosomal translocation in which a third copy of chromosome 21 is attached to chromosome 14. If this translocation occurred in a parent’s gonad, how could it lead to Down syndrome in a child?
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