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Aberrations caused when a pair of homologous chromosomes fails to separate during anaphase I or when sister chromatids fail to separate during anaphase II, the daughter cells will inherit unequal numbers of chromosomes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

"Aberrations like this are what led to Guidelines in the first place. A black eye for the justice system," Litman added.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2019

Aberrations due to astigmatism in the lenses of the eyes are discussed in Vision Correction, and a chart used to detect astigmatism is shown in Figure 26.8.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Aberrations like the freak frog occur naturally, note company officials; no one has conclusively linked the product to environmental or health problems.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aberrations like these, whether ancient or modern, unsuccessful or prosperous, are things of passage.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund