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Typically, the nucleus of each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, half of which are inherited from each parent. Down syndrome occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21. (http://www.ndss.org/Down-Syndrome/What-Is-Down-Syndrome/)
Chromosome 21 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People without Down syndrome have two copies of this chromosome. The trisomy of the 21st chromosome causes Down syndrome. Chromosome 21 is the smallest human chromosome, with 48 million nucleotides (the building material of DNA) representing about 1.5 percent of the total DNA in cells. In 2000, researchers working on the Human Genome Project announced that they had determined the sequence of base pairs that make up this chromosome.