Match the Following

question 62

Short Answer

Match the following.
A) aneuploidy
B) nondisjunction
C) duplication
D) translocation
E) deletion
-This has been involved in producing gene families and has been vital to evolution.

• A) aneuploidy
• B) nondisjunction
• C) duplication
• D) translocation
• E) deletion
• -This has been involved in producing gene families and has been vital to evolution.

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