Meiosis in mammals: recombination, non-disjunction and the environment.

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By comparison with other species, the meiotic process in the human female is extraordinarily error-prone. In addition to the well-known effect of advancing maternal age, recent studies have demonstrated that the number and location of meiotic recombination events influences the likelihood of meiotic non-disjunction in our species. Although this association extends to many other organisms, the factors that...

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