Chromosome Inversion

Kromosominversion

Svensk definition

En avvikelse innebärande att ett kromosomsegment avlägsnats och återinsatts på samma plats, men vänd 180 grader i förhållande till sin ursprungliga orientering, så att gensekvensen i detta segment fått motsatt riktning.

Engelsk definition

An aberration in which a chromosomal segment is deleted and reinserted in the same place but turned 180 degrees from its original orientation, so that the gene sequence for the segment is reversed with respect to that of the rest of the chromosome.

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

Chromosome Inversions Inversions, Chromosome Inversion, Chromosome Inversion, Chromosomal Chromosomal Inversion Chromosomal Inversions Inversions, Chromosomal