Are people with down syndrome technically a different species??

Question

because i might be wrong but aren't species a species because of the number of chromosones they have and isn't down syndrome when you have an exta chromosone???

just curious and i no its probably wrong.

Answer 1

Whoever advised you advised you wrong...This is absolutely not true

Answer 2

Having trisomy 21 does not mean you're not a human. It just means you have 3 chromosomes on the 21st pair.

They are humans. Good question though.

Answer 3

No. This is because they just have a growing problem. It is usally found at birth and the have better eye sight at some points. They also have a pour time speaking. I think that they have less chromosomes. You are supposed to have half of your moms and have of your dads. And that is supposed to be 46 (23 pair). People with Down Syndrome have Trisomy 21. Which means that they have a problem with their 21st pair of chorosomes. There are three chromosomes in the pair. And they are humans.

Answer 4

It would be considered a chromosomal mutation within the species. So, no, they're not considered a different species.

Answer 5

Of course, they are not a different species!  They simply have a gentic defect (most humans have at least one gentic defect).

Answer 6

People with Downs Syndrome are no different from anybody else ex-

cept they all look like one another.  

Answer 7

I know you didn't mean this in a derogatory way towards people with Down Syndrome but I would word your question a different way because the way you stated it sounds really cruel.

Answer 8

No, people with down syndrome are still humans.

Answer 9

A species is defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.  People with down syndrome can do those things.  Species sometimes are based on genetic aspects, but mostly they have to have unifying characteristics that place them in certain areas.

Answer 10

yep, you're wrong...

Answer 11

shut up you just ticked me off

Answer 12

thats horrible to say

there human they

its just a congenital disorder, caused by the presence of an extra 21st chromosome, in which the affected person has mild to moderate mental retardation, short stature, and a flattened facial profile.

there not freaks