defined:

Breakage and removal of a large segment of DNA from one chromosome, followed by the segment's attachment to a different chromosome.

explained:

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Dr. Pu Paul Liu, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, defines translocation.

illustrated:

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related
terms:

chromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene

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