One Possible Result of Chromosomal Breakage Is for a Fragment

question 38

Multiple Choice

One possible result of chromosomal breakage is for a fragment to join a nonhomologous chromosome. What is this alteration called?

• A) deletion
• B) transversion
• C) inversion
• D) translocation
• E) duplication

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