AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    A mechanism that can cause a gene to move from one linkage group to another is

    A)  translocation                    

    B)  inversion

    C)  crossing-over                   

    D)  duplication

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    Translocation is a kind of rearrangement in which a block of genes (linkage group) from one chromosome are transferred to other non-homologous chromosome. It occurs due to irregularities during crossing-over. The transiocation can be simple, shift, reciprocal and homozygous type.


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