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The failure of chromosomes to separate during cell division is known as .

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non-disjunction
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aneuploidy
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ploidy
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The correct option is A non-disjunction
During meiotic cell division, sometimes the homologous chromosomes fail to separate. This is called non-disjunction of chromosomes. It produces daughter cells with abnormal number of chromosomes. Aneuploidy is this condition of having an abnormal number of chromosomes in the cell, not the inability to separate.

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