Are people with Down syndrome human? Yeah I know what you all thinking but some one has to ask the difficult questions.
I was told once by a science teacher that a species is defined by its amount of chromosomes this started a debate. A Friend of mine said he wanted to create a petition stripping downies of there rights so people could legally have them as pets.
The reason this argument targets downies is because they suffer from Trisomy meaning they have an extra 21st chromosome. In most cases this is because the parents were too old when they had kids or can also happen when there exposed to some chemicals and radiation.
Normally a species has pairs of chromosomes downies have an odd amount. So do they still count as a separate species?
I was told once by a science teacher that a species is defined by its amount of chromosomes this started a debate. A Friend of mine said he wanted to create a petition stripping downies of there rights so people could legally have them as pets.
The reason this argument targets downies is because they suffer from Trisomy meaning they have an extra 21st chromosome. In most cases this is because the parents were too old when they had kids or can also happen when there exposed to some chemicals and radiation.
Normally a species has pairs of chromosomes downies have an odd amount. So do they still count as a separate species?