Cri du chat syndrome arises from:

A) trisomy for chromosome 5
B) deletion of part of chromosome 5
C) a 14/21 reciprocal translocation
D) nondisjunction
E) a duplication of part of chromosome 15

Cri Du Chat Syndrome

A human genetic disease caused by losing part of the short arm of chromosome 5 and characterized by intellectual disability, a cry that sounds like a kitten mewing, and death in infancy or childhood.

Chromosome 5

One of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes, containing genes that are essential for various cellular functions and hereditary traits.