Cri-du-Chat syndrome is caused by a

A) reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 2 and 20.

B) paracentric inversion of chromosome 21.

C) deletion of part of chromosome 5.

D) non-reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 14 and 21.


C) deletion of part of chromosome 5.

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a. ATP.
b. RNA.
c. DNA.
d. a nucleotide.
e. a polysaccharide.

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