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Question
During meiosis, individuals carrying a translocation typically exhibit:
Options
total failure of meiosis to begin
abnormal pairing and segregation
extra rounds of meiotic division
completely normal chromosome pairing
MCQ
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Solution
Translocation causes abnormal pairing and segregation during meiosis. Because segments reside on non-homologous chromosomes, homologous regions cannot pair and separate normally.
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