To explain:
Approaches used by geneticists to suppress the expression of extra copy of chromosome
Introduction:
Trisomy is the addition of a single chromosome in the whole set of chromosome. Addition of single chromosome refers to the gain of one extra homologous copy of individual chromosome. Trisomy is represented as
To explain:
Some of the challenges that would be faced by scientist while applying the approach of inactivating genes for controlling Down syndrome.
Introduction:
One of the approach scientist might have been trying to alleviate the symptoms is to inactivate the extra copy of chromosome
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