How do you use Nondisjunction in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like meiosis or miosis, plus the exact meaning.
Nondisjunction in a sentence
Nondisjunction meaning
The failure of chromosome dyads or tetrads to separate properly during meiosis or mitosis.
Using Nondisjunction
- The main meaning on this page is: The failure of chromosome dyads or tetrads to separate properly during meiosis or mitosis.
- Useful related words include: meiosis, miosis, reduction division.
- In the example corpus, nondisjunction often appears in combinations such as: called nondisjunction.
Context around Nondisjunction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nondisjunction
- In this selection, "nondisjunction" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include common being nondisjunction in parental and ii called nondisjunction can result. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nondisjunction" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nondisjunction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When the segregation is not normal, it is called nondisjunction. (10 words)
An incident in chromosome separation during anaphase II (of meiosis II ) called nondisjunction can result in sperm cells with an extra copy of the Y-chromosome. (26 words)
Autosomal genetic disorders can arise due to a number of causes, some of the most common being nondisjunction in parental germ cells or Mendelian inheritance of deleterious alleles from parents. (30 words)
Autosomal genetic disorders can arise due to a number of causes, some of the most common being nondisjunction in parental germ cells or Mendelian inheritance of deleterious alleles from parents. (30 words)
An incident in chromosome separation during anaphase II (of meiosis II ) called nondisjunction can result in sperm cells with an extra copy of the Y-chromosome. (26 words)
When the segregation is not normal, it is called nondisjunction. (10 words)
Example sentences (3)
An incident in chromosome separation during anaphase II (of meiosis II ) called nondisjunction can result in sperm cells with an extra copy of the Y-chromosome.
Autosomal genetic disorders can arise due to a number of causes, some of the most common being nondisjunction in parental germ cells or Mendelian inheritance of deleterious alleles from parents.
When the segregation is not normal, it is called nondisjunction.
Common combinations with nondisjunction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: