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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a. Intercalary deficiency	$1$ . chromosome ring formation at metaphase
b. Duplication	$2$ . Bridge and fragment formation
c. Para centric inversion	$3$ . Change in gene order
d. Translocation	$4$ . Two breaks followed by reunion and deletion

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