When a crossover occurs within the inversion loop of a pericentric inversion, each recombinant chromatid will have (Select all that apply.)

A) a dicentric bridge.
B) a duplication of some genes in the inverted region.
C) a deletion of some genes in the inverted region.
D) one copy of each gene, with some genes in a different order than normal.
E) one copy of each gene in the normal order.


B) a duplication of some genes in the inverted region.

C) a deletion of some genes in the inverted region.

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