The movement of a section of DNA from a chromosome to a nonhomologous chromosome is an example of

A. translocation during meiosis.
B. translocation during mitosis.
C. nondisjunction during meiosis.
D. crossing-over during meiosis.
E. random alignment during mitosis.


A. translocation during meiosis.

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