DOWN SYNDROME

WHAT IS DOWN SYNDROME

• Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder
• It is caused by an error in cell division.
• The error is the offspring of two parents is born with and extra 21st chromosome.

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• When we are born. We are born with 46 chromosomes
• We receive 23 from our mother
• We receive 23 from out father
• People with Down syndrome are born with 47 chromosomes

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GENDER

• Down syndrome affect males more then females
• No one really knows why it affects males more
• About 106 to 125 boys for every 100 girls.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.ndss.org/Down-Syndrome/What-Is-Down-Syndrome/
• http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/974255/october-is-down-syndrome-...

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