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Trisomy 21. Down syndrome (also known by the karyotype 47,XX,+21 for females and 47,XY,+21 for males) [98] is mostly caused by a failure of the 21st chromosome to separate during egg or sperm development, known as nondisjunction. [91] As a result, a sperm or egg cell is produced with an extra copy of chromosome 21; this cell thus has 24 ...
John Langdon Down. John Langdon Haydon Down (18 November 1828 – 7 October 1896) was a British physician best known for his description of the genetic condition now known as Down syndrome, which he originally classified in 1862. He is also noted for his work in social medicine and as a pioneer in the care of mentally disabled patients.
Also, Lucía Etxebarría, in her novel Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes (which won the Premio Nadal literary prize in 1998) [29] and later works such as Nosotras que no somos como las demás or many of the stories in Una historia de amor como otra cualquiera, in which lesbian characters coexist with other heterosexual characters, showing human ...
Genetics of Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality characterized by the presence of an extra copy of genetic material on chromosome 21, either in whole (trisomy 21) or part (such as due to translocations). The effects of the extra copy varies greatly from individual to individual, depending on the extent of the extra copy ...
Pablo Pineda. Pablo Pineda (born 5 August 1974) is a Spanish actor who received the Concha de Plata Award at the 2009 San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance in the film Yo, también. [1] In the film, he plays the role of a university graduate with Down syndrome, which is quite similar to his real life.
This type of yawn usually occurs after getting riled up in some way. It is a self-soothing yawn, one they do to stretch out the muscles in their jaw because they will not be biting. In other words ...
This is a list of people with Down syndrome, a condition also known as Down's syndrome or trisomy 21. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [1] It is typically associated with developmental delays, characteristic physical features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability ...
Release. August 18, 2014. ( 2014-08-18) –. May 13, 2015. ( 2015-05-13) Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll (English: Widow and sons of Rock and Roll) is a 2014 Argentine telenovela, starred by Damián De Santo and Paola Barrientos. It includes several references to the Argentine Rock of the 1990s . The show ended on May 13, 2015.