AGB 121: Principles of Animal Genetics and Population Genetics (2+1)

STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN CHROMOSOMES

• The chromosome structural abnormalities may confine to a single chromosome or may extend to both of the member of the homologous pair.
• It may be of following types,
  • Intrachromosomal Aberrations
    • Deletion
    • Inversion
    • Duplication
  • Interchromosomal Aberrations
    • Translocation