4800 Kingman Boulevard. Cummins Woods is a bird sanctuary off of Polk Boulevard, located right by the McCollum Waveland Tennis Courts. View what activities may be going on in this park or other parks. Locate Cummins Woods using our Park Finder. View a complete list of Des Moines Parks.
Definition of inversion for English Language Learners. : a change in the position, order, or relationship of things so that they are the opposite of what they had been.
An inversion is a chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end.An inversion occurs when a single chromosome undergoes breakage and rearrangement within itself. Inversions are of two types: paracentric and pericentric.Paracentric inversions do not include the centromere and both breaks occur in one arm of the chromosome.Pericentric inversions include the centromere and there is a break point in each arm.aracentric inversions do not include the centromere and both breaks occur in one arm of the chromosome. Pericentric inversions include the centromere and there is a break point in each arm.