GENERAL

Cards (5)

  • WHAT ARE CHROMOSOME MUTATIONS?
    changes in number of chromosomes which arise spontaneously by chromosome non-disjunction in meiosis
  • WHAT IS NON-DISJUNCTION?
    when chromosomes/ chromatids do not split equally in anaphase
  • WHAT ARE THE TWO FORMS OF OF NON-DISJUNCTION?
    changes in sets of whole chromosomes or changes in the number of individual chromosomes
  • WHAT IS POLYPLOIDY?
    changes in whole sets of chromosomes
  • WHAT IS ANEUPLOIDY?
    changes in number of individual chromosomes