Associations to the word «Translocation»

Wiktionary

TRANSLOCATION, noun. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
TRANSLOCATION, noun. (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.

Dictionary definition

TRANSLOCATION, noun. The transport of dissolved material within a plant.
TRANSLOCATION, noun. (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts; "translocations can result in serious congenital disorders".

Wise words

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