chromosomal polymorphism

chromosomal polymorphism
The occurrence of one to several chromosomes in two or more alteRNAtive structural forms within a population; the structurally changed chromosomes are the result of chromosome mutations (i.e. any structural change involving the gain, loss or re-location of chromosome segments).

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