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Chromosomal Aberrations
Chromosomes are the structures with definite organization. They carry genes in a definite linear order. Ordinarily, the chromosomes remain unchanged but under certain natural or artificial adverse circumstances certain structural changes may occur in the chromosomes which alter the positions of gene or loss some genes. These structural alterations affect the phenotype other organism in various degrees and collectively are called chromosomal aberrations or chromosomal mutations.