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Meiotic Abnormalities

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Human Chromosomes

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The main events of meiosis are collected in Table 19.1 (Chapters 17 and 18). Since meiosis is a much more complicated series of events than mitosis, it is also more apt to go wrong at some point (Chandley, 1988). The main results of meiotic abnormalities are infertility or partial sterility, the latter often being combined with an increased frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in abortuses or liveborn offspring.

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    Eeva Therman

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Therman, E., Susman, M. (1993). Meiotic Abnormalities. In: Human Chromosomes. Springer Study Edition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0529-3_19

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