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What would happen to zygote if the egg and sprem cells weren't formed with the correct number of chromosomes?

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A zygote can end up with one fewer chromosome than normal because one of the fertilizing gametes was missing a chromosome. This deletion, called nondisjunction, happened while the gamete was forming.

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