Result Of Nondisjunction In Meiosis 1. Meiosis is the fundamental process that is behind sexual reproduction with the formation of offspring that are genetically unique from each other and ever from their parents. Failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate in meiosis I failure of sister chromatids to separate during meiosis II and failure of sister chromatids to separate during mitosis.
Meiosis m aɪ ˈ oʊ s ɪ s. In contrast euploidy is when a cell contains the normal chromosome complement. From Greek meiosis meiosis meaning lessening is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms used to produce the gametes such as sperm or egg cellsIt involves two rounds of division that ultimately result in four cells with only one copy of each paternal and maternal chromosome.
Meiosis is the fundamental process that is behind sexual reproduction with the formation of offspring that are genetically unique from each other and ever from their parents.
Failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate in meiosis I failure of sister chromatids to separate during meiosis II and failure of sister chromatids to separate during mitosis. The result of nondisjunction is aneuploidy which is when cells contain either an extra or missing chromosome. Nondisjunction only results in gametes with mathrmn1 or mathrmn-1 chromosomes. Nondisjunction is the failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate properly during cell division.