Fort Dix. Fort Dix is named for Major General Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Fort Dix is part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) and is co-located with McGuire AFB and Lakehurst NAS in Burlington County, New Jersey. Contact Rapid Rover shuttle at ground transportation desk in baggage claim areas.
Occasionally parents can pass on genes that make it more likely that their kidsâ kids (the parentâs grandchildren) will have Down syndrome (click here for an example). Scientists arenât totally sure, but it isnât thought to be very common. In the other 5% of cases, children inherit Down syndrome from a healthy parent.
1 Trisomy 21 â More than 90% of Down syndrome cases are caused by trisomy 21. 2  An extra chromosome (chromosome 21) originates in the development of either the sperm or the egg. 3  When the egg and the sperm unite to form the fertilized egg, three (rather than two) chromosomes 21 are present.