Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
Tandem duplication - Duplicated chromosome segment is adjacent to the original segment.
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In heterozygotes DUPLICATIONS - The pairing and synapsis of homologous regions require that one or both chromosomes loop and twist.
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EFFECTS OF CHROMOSOME DUPLICATIONS - Bar phenotype in Drosophila
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Duplications and deletions often arise from unequal crossing over.
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Chromosome duplications are one way in which new genes evolve.
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Segmental duplications have played an important role in the evolution of human chromosomes; about 4% of the human genome consists of segmental duplications.