I. Introduction. 1  The petroleum industry began with the successful drilling of the first commercial oil well in 1859, and the opening of the first refinery two years later to process the crude into kerosene.
The cause of Down syndrome is one of three types of abnormal cell division involving chromosome 21. All three abnormalities result in extra genetic material from chromosome 21, which is responsible for the characteristic features and developmental problems of Down syndrome.
These cell division abnormalities result in extra genetic material from chromosome 21, which is responsible for the characteristic features and developmental problems of Down syndrome. Any one of three genetic variations can cause Down syndrome: 1  Trisomy 21.2  About 95 percent of the time, Down syndrome is caused by trisomy 21 â the child has three copies of chromosome 21 (instead of the usual two copies) in all cells. Mosaic Down syndrome. 2  In this rare form of Down syndrome, children have some cells with an extra copy of chromosome 21. 3  This mosaic of normal and abnormal cells is caused by abnormal cell division after fertilization. 4  Translocation Down syndrome.