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Agriculture · Q374

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 374

Q374

Translocation involves

A.
Homologous chromosomes
Answer
B.
Non-homologous chromosomes
C.
Chromosomes from other species
D.
Both A and B

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Translocation involves Homologous chromosomes.
Translocations are the transfer of genetic material between homologous chromosomes. These are most commonly balanced exchanges, such that no genetic material is lost and individuals are phenotypically normal.
The centric translocation of homologous chromosomes can occur between 13;13, 14;14, 15;15, 21;21 and 22;22.