translocation

A noun referring to the movement of dissolved substances within a plant, or in genetics, the exchange of segments between chromosomes.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el movimiento de sustancias disueltas dentro de una planta o, en genética, el intercambio de segmentos entre cromosomas.

1. Plant transport C1 formal scientific

   The movement of dissolved nutrients and other substances within a plant, typically through the phloem.

   • Translocation of sugars from leaves to roots is essential for plant growth.
   • The experiment measured the rate of translocation in the phloem.
   • Translocation allows plants to distribute energy to all parts.

   🇪🇸Translocación en plantas

2. Chromosomal rearrangement C2 formal scientific

   A genetic mutation where a segment of a chromosome breaks off and attaches to a different chromosome.

   • The translocation of genetic material can cause certain disorders.
   • Scientists identified a translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22.
   • This translocation is linked to a specific type of leukemia.

   🇪🇸Translocación cromosómica

• translocations plural form
• translocations' possessive plural form
• translocation's possessive singular form