Graph: Maternal Age vs. Cell Division Error (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Graph: Maternal Age vs. Cell Division Error

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This line graph illustrates how the incidence of birth defects or miscarriages caused by an incorrect number of chromosomes increases as women age, and dramatically increases after age 35.

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<i>Molecular Cell Biology</i>, eighth edition -- textbook

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