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The situation usually caused by a failur...

The situation usually caused by a failure of mother's twenty first chromosome pair to separate is known as

A

Down's syndrome

B

Klinefelter's syndrome

C

Turner's syndrome

D

Wilson's syndrome

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The situation usually caused by a failure of mother.s twenty first chromosome pair to separate is known as Down.s syndrome. It is a genetic disorder and there is no cure for Down.s syndrome.
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