Chromosomal mutations
There are many different types of chromosomal mutation.
In insertion a section of chromosome is inserted from elsewhere.
Occasionally a length of chromosome is inverted. This can be useful for phylogenetic inference.
Often a part of the chromosome is deleted.
Sometimes large sections of chromosome are duplicated.
In translocation a length of chromosome is relocated elsewhere, either to another chromosome or else another place on the same chromosome.
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