ex-Tokyo Medical University Genetics Study Group
Hironao NUMABE, M.D., Ph.D
Animations of Meiosis and Fertilization
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Here, I present the process of nondisjunction in the first meiotic division of Down syndrome (trisomy 21).
Similar nondisjunction in the second meiotic division may occur in the case of Down syndrome.
The nondisjunction may occur in spertomatogenesis as well as in ovogenesis.
cf. Animation of Translocation Type Down Syndrome

These animations are generalized images and are not reliable.
crossing over in meiosis
normal meiotic division and fertilization
nondisjunction in Down syndrome
meiosis and fertilizaiton in normal and Down syndrome
ex-Tokyo Medical University Genetics Study Group
Hironao NUMABE, M.D., Ph.D
ex-Tokyo Medical University Genetics Study Group
Hironao NUMABE, M.D., Ph.D