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What is a translocation?

What is a translocation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
  2. (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
  3. (biochemistry) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
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In contrast to most previously proposed models, chloride must not be bound for GABA translocation to occur.
In translocation heterozygotes of maize, segregation produces nonviable gametes and can be detected by a high frequency of nonstaining pollen.
During translocation the elongation complex moves along the DNA double helix carrying an RNA chain of increasing length.
In contrast, our data suggest that reactions associated with GABA translocation, although only weakly electrogenic, are fast.
Testing of free-ranging greater and Attwater's prairie chickens for reticuloendotheliosis is recommended prior to translocation or release.
Fundamental to the recovery program is the translocation of squirrels off the refuge to suitable sites.

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