What Causes Gene Duplications

question 20

Multiple Choice

What causes gene duplications?

• A) the crossing over of misaligned chromosomes
• B) deletion of important genetic information
• C) reciprocal translocations
• D) position effect
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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