You create a karyotype on a pair of cells: one of which is a somatic cell from the parent and the other of which is from a gamete of that same plant. Your initial banding pattern focuses on a certain order of genes that are under study. The order from the parent plant is C, E, G, H, P. The order from the gamete is C, H, G, E, P. What type of mutation caused this pattern in the gamete?

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You create a karyotype on a pair of cells: one of which is a somatic cell from the parent and the other of which is from a gamete of that same plant. Your initial banding pattern focuses on a certain order of genes that are under study. The order from the parent plant is C, E, G, H, P. The order from the gamete is C, H, G, E, P. What type of mutation caused this pattern in the gamete?