This graphic on NON-DISJUNCTION was shown in class during the week of 4/6/09. It explains that sometimes chromosomes do not separate correctly during the process of MEIOSIS.
Hint: compare the numbers of chromosomes in each of the GAMETES (in the bottom blue row of the diagram)
(graphic borrowed from AP Biology textbook by Campbell & Reece, Pearson publisher)
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