Non-disjunction is a error during meiosis. During meiosis the chromosome pairs seperate and migrate to opposite sides of the cell ready for cell division, this process is called disjunction. Disjunction assures each daughter cell receives its own copy of that chromosome. Non-disjunction occurs when the chromosomes fail to seperate resulting in one daughter cell with one too many of the chromosome and one daughter cell with one too little.
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