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Given below is a representation of a kind of chromosomal mutation. What kind of mutation is represented?
BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET
Options:
  • A Deletion
  • B Duplication
  • C Inversion
  • D Reciprocal translocation
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Inversion
During inversion, a segment of the chromosome gets inverted in the process of reattachment. Thus, a chromosome having the genes A B C D E F G H I in linear order may get the segment D E F inverted. The new arrangement will be A B C F E D G H I. It is a chromosome aberration entailing two breaks in a chromosome followed by a reversal of the segment and consequently of the gene sequence in the segment. Pericentric inversion includes the centromere in the inverted segment, whereas paracentric inversions do not.

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