Sentences with phrase «incorrect number of chromosomes»

Both types of BA were found be mutagens, meaning capable of altering genetic material, and both were also found to be aneugenic, meaning they affect cell division and lead to aneuploidy, an incorrect number of chromosomes.

Surveillance that is not stringent enough, on the other hand, would allow eggs with a lot of jumping gene - related errors to survive, and lead to a high level of birth defects, such as those caused by an incorrect number of chromosomes in the offspring.

Not exact matches

However, tumor cells frequently have either too few or too many chromosomes, leading to the incorrect expression of a number of genes.