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(a) Name the disorder and any two symptoms caused by the gain of an extra copy of Chromosome 21.

a) The disorder caused by gain of an extra copy of chromosome 21 is Down’s Syndrome.

Some of its symptoms are :-


a) Mental retardation.


b) Receding hair line.


c) Heart problems.


d) Sexual immaturity.


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