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  • noun Plural form of translocation.

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Examples

  • The chromosomal breakages and reattachments of MLL, called translocations, are common in many aggressive leukemias.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The chromosomal breakages and reattachments of MLL, called translocations, are common in many aggressive leukemias.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • At that time maize provide the best material for locating known genes along a chromosome arm, and also for precisely determining the break points in chromosomes that had undergone various types of rearrangement, such as translocations, inversions, etc. The usefulness of the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila for such purposes had not yet been recognized.

    Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983

  • The helicopter translocations usually take less than ten minutes, and the animals suffer no ill effect.

    Rhino Airlift Photos: Black Rhinoceros Transported To New Home By Air 2011

  • Chromosomal translocations can create new genes called chimeras by fusing two genes formerly located on two different chromosomes—the “head” of chromosome nine, say, fused with the “tail” of a gene in chromosome thirteen.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Oil-exposed non-smoking participants have significantly higher rates of chromosomal abnormalities in their white blood cells, including chromosomal deletions and translocations.

    Gina Solomon: Years After Oil Spill, Report Finds Increase in Respiratory Problems & Cancer Risk in Workers 2010

  • Chromosomal translocations can create new genes called chimeras by fusing two genes formerly located on two different chromosomes—the “head” of chromosome nine, say, fused with the “tail” of a gene in chromosome thirteen.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Chromosomal translocations can create new genes called chimeras by fusing two genes formerly located on two different chromosomes—the “head” of chromosome nine, say, fused with the “tail” of a gene in chromosome thirteen.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • The newly formed Amphibian Survival Alliance, a coalition of over 20 organizations including IUCN, the Smithsonian Institution, and Zoo Atlanta, will spearhead frog research and recovery efforts with initiatives including exploring resistance in captive-bred populations and translocations, in addition to anti-fungal drugs, stemming from naturally-occurring bacteria making some amphibians resistant to the chytrid fungus.

    Mairi Beautyman: Anti-fungal Drugs Could Save Endangered Frogs Around the World 2009

  • In a workshop on future action over the endangered Peary caribou, this was recognized as a serious issue [45], especially in the context of allowing caribou hunting while considering reduction of wolf predation through translocations or other predator control methods.

    Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North 2009

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