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4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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Philadelphia chromosome is
A
$13^{th}$ chromosome
B
$22^{nd}$ chromosome
C
$17^{th}$ chromosome
D
$21^{st}$ chromosome
Solution
(b) Philadelphia chromosome is $22^{nd}$ chromosome.
It is so called because in $1960$ investigation in philadelphia found that patients with chromic myeloid leukaemia have an abnormal chromosome later found to be $22^{nd}$.
Standard 12
Biology