A Wild-Type Chromosome Can Be Represented as ABC[*]DEFGH,and from This

question 36

Multiple Choice

A wild-type chromosome can be represented as ABC[*]DEFGH,and from this a chromosomal aberration arises that can be represented ABC[*]DEGFH,where [*] represents the centromere.This aberration is known as a:

• A)deletion.
• B)duplication.
• C)paracentric inversion.
• D)pericentric inversion.
• E)translocation.

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Correlation Coefficient

A statistical measure that calculates the strength of the relationship between the relative movements of two variables. The values range between -1.0 and 1.0.

Calculation Error

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Variables

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Strong Positive Correlation

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