Essentials of Biology - With Connectplus
Essentials of Biology - With Connectplus
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259202230
Author: Mader
Publisher: MCG
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The examples of the effects of chromosomal mutations in humans.

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The mutation occurs in the chromosomes are referred as chromosomal mutation. The mutations in chromosomes are of two types: atypical mutation in which the chromosomes number gets affected and structural abnormalities in which the mutation affects the chromosomes structures. The structural chromosome mutations are of four different types: deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation. Due to these mutations the some part of chromosome segments are missed, inverted or extra copy of segments are present.

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