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Genetics Glossary

1) Inversion the process by which alteration of code in the DNA sequence is


reversed, is called inversion.
2) Deletion In genetics deletion is a mutation in which a part of
a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is lost during DNA
replication. Any number of nucleotides can be deleted, from a
single base to an entire piece of chromosome.
3)Translocation In genetics a chromosome translocation is a
chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts
between non homologus choromosomes.
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