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Down Syndrome, or Trisomy 21, in Humans Is Caused by an Extra

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Down syndrome, or trisomy 21, in humans is caused by an extra copy of the relatively small, acrocentric 21. Including only chromosome 21, the X chromosome (medium in size and somewhat metacentric) and the Y chromosome (small and acrocentric), draw one possible array of chromosomes in the four sperm cells produced by the complete meiosis of one primary spermatocyte. For the purposes of this question, assume that males with Down syndrome produce normal ratios of sperm cells. (More than one
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