In particular, it explains that humans have one fewer chromosome pair in their cells than apes, due to a mutation found in chromosome number 2 that caused two chromosomes to fuse into one.

Apart from this reduction in chromosome number, meiosis differs from mitosis ... termed the metaphase plate (Figure 2). As the new chromosomes reach the spindle during telophase I, the cytoplasm ...

They analyzed all copy number variations in the 22q11.2 chromosome while participants completed a questionnaire about their cardiovascular, endocrine, urogenital, musculoskeletal, developmental ...