NONDISJUNCTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("nondisjunction" is a kind of...):

meiosis; miosis; reduction division ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))

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