| translocation | 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. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| translocation carrier | A person with balanced translocation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| translocation chromosome | An anomalous chromosome generated by translocation. Synonym: translocation chromosome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| translocation (genetics) | A type of aberration characterised by fragmentation of a chromosome and transfer of the broken-off portion to another chromosome, often of a different pair. (12 Dec 1998) |
| unbalanced translocation | <genetics, molecular biology> A genetic translocation that results in the loss of a part of a chromosome or causes other genome damage. (09 Oct 1997) |