A chromosomal mutation where a segment breaks off, flips, and then reattaches itself is called a(n): reciprocal translocation. translocation. inversion. duplication. deletion.
This type of mutation is not as lethal on addition of deletion mutations. This is because it does not cause a frame-shift mutation. Inversion only reverses the order of nucleotides in a section of a DNA strand and the genes in this regions may produce defective proteins.
