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defined:
Breakage and removal of a large segment of DNA from one chromosome, followed by the segment's attachment to a different chromosome.
explained:
Listen to a detailed explanation. Dr. Pu Paul Liu, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, defines translocation.
illustrated:
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relatedterms:
chromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene
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