Questions: 37. What type of mutation is represented by the following sequence? Original: 123456 Mutated:154326 Breakage Deletion Insertion Inversion

37. What type of mutation is represented by the following sequence?

Original: 123456
Mutated:154326
Breakage
Deletion
Insertion
Inversion
Transcript text: 37. What type of mutation is represented by the following sequence? Original: 123456 Mutated:154326 Breakage Deletion Insertion Inversion
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The answer is the fourth one (Inversion): the original text in the question...

Explanation for each option:

  1. Breakage: This would imply that a segment of the sequence is broken off, which is not the case here as all elements are still present, just rearranged.

  2. Deletion: This would mean that one or more elements are missing from the sequence. In the mutated sequence, all original elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) are still present, so this is not a deletion.

  3. Insertion: This would involve adding new elements to the sequence. Since no new elements are added in the mutated sequence, this is not an insertion.

  4. Inversion: This involves a segment of the sequence being reversed. In the mutated sequence, the segment "5432" is an inversion of the original segment "2345". Therefore, this is an inversion mutation.

In summary, the mutation represented by the sequence is an inversion.

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