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What are the two main categories of mutations that occur in humans? Name and define the two types?

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The two main types of mutations are gene mutations, which can either be point mutations (happening in a single or a few nucleotides) or frameshift mutations (when a nucleotide or nucleotides are inserted or deleted), and chromosomal mutations, which involves changes in the structure or number of the entire chromosome
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Gene Mutation and Chromosomal Mutation

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