Chromosomal Mutations: Rearrangements

Chromosomal Mutations: Rearrangements

Rearrangements are chromosome mutations that alter chromosome structure. This text explores different types of chromosome rearrangements, and the consequences such mutations may have in humans, including disease.

Topics

  • balanced rearrangement
  • BCR-ABL1
  • chromosome mutation
  • chromosome rearrangement
  • chromosome structure
  • chromosome variation
  • chromosome
  • CNV
  • copy number variation
  • deletion
  • displaced duplication
  • duplication
  • eukaryotic chromosome
  • fusion gene
  • fusion protein
  • gene dosage
  • gene product
  • inversion
  • nonreciprocal translocation
  • paracentric inversion
  • pericentric inversion
  • Philadelphia chromosome
  • reciprocal translocation
  • tandem duplication
  • translocation
  • unbalanced rearrangement