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Which of the following mutations would most likely be identified as a chromosomal translocation

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Answer: Structural chromosomal mutation

Explanation: In translocation, a small piece of chromosome is detached from one chromosome and is attached to another non-homologous chromosome. Translocation can be simple, shift or reciprocal.

Simple translocation involves single break in the chromosome. The broken piece gets attached to the end of the non-homologous chromosome.

In Shift translocation, the broken segment of one chromosome gets inserted interstitially in a non-homologous chromosome.

Segment from one chromosome is exchanged with a segment from another non-homologous chromosome simultaneously in Reciprocal translocation.

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