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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Chromosome Aberrations > Chromosome Inversion
Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Variation > Mutation > Chromosome Aberrations > Chromosome Inversion
Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Variation > Mutation > Sequence Inversion > Chromosome Inversion
Genetic Phenomena > Mutagenesis > Sequence Inversion > Chromosome Inversion

Preferred term

Chromosome Inversion  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Chromosomal Inversion
  • Chromosomal Inversions
  • Inversion, Chromosomal
  • Inversion, Chromosome
  • Inversions, Chromosomal

Scope note

  • An aberration in which a chromosomal segment is deleted and reinserted in the same place but turned 180 degrees from its original orientation, so that the gene sequence for the segment is reversed with respect to that of the rest of the chromosome.

History note

  • 2010 (1969)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007446

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