paracentric inversion
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par·a·cen·tric in·ver·sion
inversion in a chromosome of a single segment in which the centromere is not included.
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paracentric inversion
a chromosomal mutation involving INVERSION of a segment of one arm of a chromosome, not involving the CENTROMERE.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005