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Errors in cell division

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What stage of meiosis do you feel that an error can be most likely and most detrimental for the individual? And why?
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Re: Errors in cell division

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Hi biology101,

Among the things that can go wrong the most common are: crossing-over (prophase I), and nondisjunction (anaphase II, 1 gamete with double amount of chromosomes and one without any).

I think errors during crossing-over are most common and can produce most detrimental results (this can result in gene deletions or duplication.


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