Topic: Chromosome theory, linkage and crossing over· Genetics and Evolution

The mechanism that causes a gene to move from one linkage group to another is called

1. duplication

2. translocation

3. crossing-over

4. inversion

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Answer: 2. translocation

A gene moves from one linkage group (chromosome) to another by translocation, the transfer of a chromosome segment to a non-homologous chromosome.

Duplication and inversion stay on the same chromosome, and crossing over exchanges segments between homologous chromosomes.

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