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Sympatric Speciation
Aneuploidy of chromosomes
Aneuploidy results when the gametes have too many or too few chromosomes due to nondisjunction during meiosis. In the example shown here, the resulting offspring will have 2n+1 or 2n-1 chromosomes
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"OpenStax College, Formation of New Species. October 16, 2013."
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