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A certain mutation in the human chromosome number 9 causes part of the chromosome to break and reattach itself in a reverse manner. What kind of mutation is this?

a. chromosomal duplication
b. chromosomal inversion
c. chromosomal deletion

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A certain mutation in the human chromosome number 9 that causes part of the chromosome to break and reattach itself in a reverse manner is b. chromosomal inversion. Inversion is a type of mutations in which chromosome segment is inverted end to end. So, there is no change in nucleotide number (no deletions or additions) but chromosomal rearrangement.
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