translocation

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a movimentação de substâncias dissolvidas dentro de uma planta ou, em genética, a troca de segmentos entre cromossomos.

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.

   🇵🇹Translado de nutrientes na planta

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.

   🇵🇹Translocação cromossômica

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