Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer:
1. Since chromosomal aberrations result in a change in the organism, they are also called chromosomal mutation
2. Chromosomal aberrations are of four types deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation
3. If a single break occurs near the end of a chromosome, it results in an intercalary deletion
4. A deficiency involves loss of a chromosome section
A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
B. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true
D. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true
Answer: Option D
Related Questions on Gentics and Evoloution
A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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