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To determine: The reason that the chances of Down syndrome increase with maternal age.
Introduction: Down syndrome is the disease that is caused due to the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21 or trisomy of the 21st chromosome. It occurs due to non-disjunction of the autosomal chromosome.
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