If a chromosomal segment appears more than once in the same chromosome,it is termed a(n)
A)translocation.
B)duplication.
C)deletion.
D)inversion.
E)polyploid.

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A chromosomal segment appearing more than once in the same chromosome is a duplication. Translocation refers to the exchange of segments between non-homologous chromosomes, deletion is the loss of a segment from a chromosome, inversion is the reversal of a segment within a chromosome, and polyploidy refers to having multiple sets of chromosomes.

If a Chromosomal Segment Appears More Than Once in the Same