Given the following sequence of genes on a chromosome, determine what change in chromosome structure occurred. (the * indicates the centromere)

before A B C D * E F G H
after A B C D * E F E F G H

A. Terminal deficiency
B. Interstitial deficiency
C. Inversion
D. Gene duplication


D

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