Duplications arise by any of the following except
A) chromosomal breakage and faulty repair.
B) unequal crossing-over.
C) errors in replication.
D) alkylating mutagens.
E) errors in recombination.

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Alkylating mutagens can cause base pair substitutions or deletions in DNA, but do not typically cause duplications. Duplications are more commonly caused by chromosomal breakage and faulty repair, unequal crossing-over, errors in replication, or errors in recombination.

Duplications Arise by Any of the Following Except