Trisomy 21

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Trisomy 21 is the name given to the most common occuring mutation that leads to Down syndrome. "Trisomy" because, due to a nondisjunction event (failed separation of the chromosome), there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the gamete. And "21" states that the trisomy occurs on chromosome 21.

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