Duplications and Translocations Differ in That

question 60

Multiple Choice

Duplications and translocations differ in that

• A) translocations involve the loss of a chromosomal segment, whereas duplications involve addition of an entire chromosome.
• B) duplications involve the breakage and swapping of DNA segments on homologous chromosomes, whereas translocations are reciprocal exchanges on nonhomologous chromosomes.
• C) translocations involve the breakage and insertion of DNA segments in reverse order, whereas duplications are the breakage at different points on the chromosome.
• D) duplications lead to duplications of the chromosome, whereas translocations involve swapping of chromosome segments.
• E) translocations result in loss of chromosomal segments, whereas duplications result in significant additions to nonhomologous chromosomes.

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