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Karyotype of a 5-year-old boy has 46 chromosomes. One of the chromosomes in pair 15 is longer than it is normal, because a part of a chromosome that belongs in pair 21 is attached to it. What type of mutation is present in this boy

Answer options

  1. Inversion
  2. Deletion
  3. Duplication
  4. Translocation
  5. Polyploidy
Correct answer

Translocation

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