Whether it is brand-new or years old, a mattress too soft for your comfort level may make for many restless nights. As long as the mattress is in good shape, there's no need to replace it to achieve the desired level of firmness.Instead, purchase a firm topper, slide a bed board beneath the mattress, or add extra support to the bed frame itself. sheet of plywood cut to the same size as the mattress offers support for a mattress that has lost some of its firmness. Slide the plywood between the mattress and box spring.
Human cells normally contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell (illustration). A change in the number of chromosomes can cause problems with growth, development, and function of the bodyâs systems.
Numerical changes in whole chromosomes are a form of aneuploidy, arising from the loss or gain of a whole chromosome. This type of aneuploidy is the focus of this Primer. However, structural rearrangements can also lead to changes in near whole chromosome number, depending on the nature of the rearrangement.