Encyclopedia of Entomology

2008 Edition
| Editors: John L. Capinera

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2511

A type of mutation in which a section of a chromosome breaks off and moves to a new position in that or a different chromosome.

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