Choose the most appropriate answer for each.

A. triploidy
B. translocation
C. monosomy
D. duplication
E. trisomy
F. deletion
G. inversion


A. 3_n;_ generally sterile
B. a chromosome segment is permanently transferred to a nonhomologous chromosome
C. (2_n__-_ 1); a zygote deprived of a chromosome
D. a repeat of a particular DNA sequence in the same chromosome or in nonhomologous ones
E. (2_n_ + 1); three chromosomes of the same kind are present in a set of chromosomes
F. a piece of the chromosome is inadvertently left out during the repair process
G. a chromosome segment that has been cut out and rejoined at the same place, but backward

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