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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.
Entry Term(s)
Inversion, Chromosomal
Inversion, Chromosome
Previous Indexing
Chromosome Aberrations (1968-1974)
Chromosome Abnormalities (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note
2005; see INVERSION, CHROMOSOME 2005-2009, see INVERSION (GENETICS) 1978-2004, see CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS 1969-1977
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.