Nondisjunction Disorders

Today students did a jigsaw activity to learn about six different types of nondisjunction disorders:
* Down Syndrome
* Edward's Syndrome
* Patau Syndrome
* Klinefelter Syndrome
* Turner Syndrome
* XYY Syndrome

Karyotype of a female with Trisomy 21 from Nature.ca

For homework, complete the vocabulary self evaluation on page 12 of your packet.

Below is a graph for the incidence of Down Syndrome relative to the age of the mother during pregnancy.

Read more about Down Syndrome testing in this New York Times article.