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Chapter 20, Problem 8SQ
Genetic disorders can be caused by __________.
- a. gene mutations
- b. changes in chromosome structure
- c. changes in chromosome number
- d. all of the above
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Ch. 20 - Prob. 1RQCh. 20 - What is a carrier of a genetic trait?Ch. 20 - What evidence indicates that a trait is coded by a...Ch. 20 - Prob. 4RQCh. 20 - Explain what nondisjunction is, and give two...Ch. 20 - _______ segregate during ______. a. Homologues;...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2SQCh. 20 - Genes on the same chromosome tend to stay together...Ch. 20 - Prob. 4SQCh. 20 - A chromosomes structure can be altered by _______....
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