Normally, in corn, genes for waxy and virescent kernel appearance are in the same chromosome. In a certain stock, however, it was found that these two genes are in different chromosomes. Which chromosomal aberration would explain this?

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Translocation is a chromosomal aberration in which a segment of one chromosome breaks off and becomes attached to a non-homologous chromosome. In this case, the genes for waxy and virescent kernel appearance have become located on different chromosomes due to a translocation event.

Normally, in Corn, Genes for Waxy and Virescent Kernel Appearance