Genomic inversion
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Definition
A genomic inversion is when a region of a genome or chromosome gets flipped in place. These usually happen at genomic regions with nearly identical sequence, implying a mechanism similar to non-homologous recombination.
=Bacteria
In bacterial genomes, inversion often occur at transposon or ribosomal gene sequences, and happen symmetrically around the origin of replication. The latter causes a characteristic pattern in syntenic dotplots called an x alignment.