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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 8. Chromosome Mutations Chromosomal Rearrangements Figure 8-18. The chromosomes of inversion heterozygotes pair in a loop at meiosis. (a) Diagrammatic representation; each chromosome is actually a pair of sister chromatids. (b) Electron micrographs of synaptonemal complexes at prophase I of meiosis in a mouse heterozygous for a paracentric inversion. Three different meiocytes are shown. (Part b from M. J. Moses, Department of Anatomy, Duke Medical Center.)

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