translocationnoun [ U ]
/ˌtrænz.ləʊˈkeɪ.ʃən//ˌtrænz.loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/specializedtranslocation noun [ U ] (IN PLANT)
the movement of the liquid that carries the substances that a plant needs for life and growth through the plant
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Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
- anatomical
- anatomically correct
- anatomy
- artificial selection
- assimilate
- biological
- biologist
- biophysics
- biotechnology
- body clock
- entomology
- food web
- food chain
- geotropism
- motility
- naturalist
- poikilothermic
- sting
- zoology
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translocation noun [ U ] (GENETICS)
a genetic abnormality (= problem) in which material from a chromosome moves to another chromosome or is exchanged with material from it
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- Human Genome Project
- inheritance
- mutation
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- triplet codon
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