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curlz

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on: Jun 18, 2013
The karyotype of one species of primate has 48 chromosomes. In a particular female, cell division goes awry and she produces one of her eggs with an extra chromosome (25). The most probable source of this error would be a mistake in which of the following?
A) mitosis in her ovary
B) metaphase I of one meiotic event
C) telophase II of one meiotic event
D) telophase I of one meiotic event
E) either anaphase I or II


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2013
I'm pretty sure it's E. Good luck :D


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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2013
Great..that really helped.


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