Changes in the number or structure of chromosomes in new cells may lead to serious problems. For example, in humans, one type of leukemia and some other cancers are caused by defective chromosomes made up of joined pieces of broken chromosomes.
Founded in 1922, and based in Des Peres, Mo., Edward Jones is a financial services company that focuses its business primarily on individual investors and small businesses. The company is a full-service investment broker, which means that it provides investment management services, much more so than brokerage services for self-directed accounts.
This surname, with variant forms Edwardes and Edwardson, is a patronymic form of the early medieval English male given name Edward, itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century Eadward, composed of the elements ead, prosperity or fortune, plus w(e)ard, guard; hence, prosperity guard.he patronymic form first appears in Wales where it is still particularly widespread; Humphrey Edwards (died 1658), signed the death-warrant of Charles 1st in 1649, and became commissioner of South Wales in 1651.