Question
A portion of a chromosome with genes named A, B, C, S, Q and R can be represented as:
[A][B][C][S][Q][R]
Illustrate the changes if the above chromosome undergoes the following mutations affecting only gene C and S.
1. Deletion
2. Inversion
3. Duplication
[A][B][C][S][Q][R]
Illustrate the changes if the above chromosome undergoes the following mutations affecting only gene C and S.
1. Deletion
2. Inversion
3. Duplication
Answer
1.
[A][B][Q][R]
2.
[A][B][S][C][Q][R]
3.
[A][B][C][S][C][S][Q][R]
[A][B][Q][R]
2.
[A][B][S][C][Q][R]
3.
[A][B][C][S][C][S][Q][R]