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What are duplication and translocation in connection with chromosomal mutation?

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Duplication is the type of mutation in which portion of genetic material or a chromosome is duplicated or replicated, resulting in multiple copies of that region, while translocation is chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts between non-homologous chromosomes.
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