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September 05, 2008

Baby Trigonometry.

Okay. Sarah Palin's named her newest baby Trig. Not surprising, considering the names of her other kids: Bristol, River, Stack, Jeff, Stouffer, Rib, Any, and Labia.

But Trig?

The condition of Down's Syndrome is genetically interesting: it occurs when, during the first stage of meiosis after conception, a chromosomal crossover doesn't happen completely for some portion of chromosome number 21. This is called a nondisjunction event. It is the only chromosomal disorder (baring sex chromosomal disorders) resulting in an embryo that can survive to term. Fun fact!

So, someone with Down's Syndrome has three copies of a chromosome where there should be only two. Three. Trig. Three. It's like having a baby with Jaundice, and naming it Yellow.

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