- - -Down Syndrome- -An Informative Essay-         Down Syndrome is the name for babies born with a disorder related to their chromosomes. It is caused when meiosis occurs and an error occurs in the cells development. The reason for this defect is often because the parent is over 40 or for some other reason their meiosis is not 'Up to par.'                  The actual defect is an extra chromosome is developed during cell development. The abnormal development …showed first 75 words of 474 total…

…showed last 75 words of 474 total…a much slower rate.         In the case that I find out I am going to be the father of a Down Syndrome child, I would keep the child even though it would be very hard on me and my wife. Even though our child would not be the next Einstein or even close, a life is a life regardless of its intelligence and I would do my best to guide my new-born child through life.