translocation
/ˌtræns·loʊˈkeɪ·ʃən/, /ˌtrænz-/ n [U] biologyDefinition
› the movement of the liquid that carries the substances that a plant needs for life and growth through the plant › Translocation is also the movement of a chromosome (= part of a cell that controls what an animal or plant is like) to another part of the same chromosome or to a different chromosome.
(Definition of translocation n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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