When one or more nucleotide pairs are lost from a gene.Group of answer choicesinversiontranslocationduplicationdeletionnondisjunctionNext
Question
When one or more nucleotide pairs are lost from a gene.Group of answer choicesinversiontranslocationduplicationdeletionnondisjunctionNext
Solution
The correct answer is "deletion". This term refers to the loss of one or more nucleotide pairs from a gene.
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