LIFE: THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY
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Author: Sadava
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Chapter 15.1, Problem 2R
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The differences between various kinds of chromosomal mutation (deletion, duplication, inversion, and translocation).
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Mutation refers to the process where sudden heritable changes occur in genotype either in structure or in content. Mutation plays a key role in the evolution process as it provides raw material to the process. Mutation is of four types: deletion, duplication, inversion, and translocation.
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