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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A certain mutation in the human chromosome number 9 causes part of the chromosome to break and reattach itself in a reverse manner. What kind of mutation is this? chromosomal duplication chromosomal inversion chromosomal deletion

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@KamiBug

OpenStudy (kamibug):

Which one do you think it is? :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

b

OpenStudy (kamibug):

That's absolutely correct! ^.^ An inversion is a chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end. An inversion occurs when a single chromosome undergoes breakage and rearrangement within itself. Inversions are of two types: paracentric and pericentric.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yaya thank you

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