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Rearrangement of a chromosome in which a segment is moved from one location to another, either within the same chromosome or to another chromosome. This is sometimes reciprocal, when one fragment is exchanged for another.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
translator, translatory movement, translatress, translocase < Prev | Next > translocation carrier, translocation chromosome
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