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Mutations and Genetic Disorders
Biotechnology · Chapter 11 · 4. Genetics
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- Gene (point) mutations and genomic mutations
- Chromosomal aberrations: deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation
- Euploidy and aneuploidy (monosomy, nullisomy, trisomy, tetrasomy); non-disjunction; polyploidy in plants such as wheat
- Syndromes: Turner, Klinefelter and Down
- Inborn errors of metabolism: albinism, sickle cell anaemia, phenylketonuria (PKU) and alkaptonuria