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non-disjunction
 
Definition:
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  The failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate properly during meiosis. The failure of homologues (at meiosis) or sister chromatids (at mitosis) to separate properly to opposite poles, that is two chromosomes or chromatids go to one pole and none to the other.  
     


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