TRANSLOCATION


Meaning of TRANSLOCATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtran(t)s-lō-ˈkā-shən, ˌtranz- ]

noun

Date: 1624

: the act, process, or an instance of changing location or position: as

a. : the conduction of soluble material (as metabolic products) from one part of a plant to another

b. : transfer of part of a chromosome to a different position especially on a nonhomologous chromosome ; especially : the exchange of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes

• trans·lo·cate ˈtran(t)s-lō-ˌkāt, ˈtranz-, (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈ, (ˌ)tranz-ˈ verb

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