translocation

[adrakdavra]

What is translocation, and where does it occur?

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[Gauss44]

What is translocation, and where does it occur?

"Translocation = a stretch of DNA (a segment of a chromosome) breaks off, then reattaches somewhere else." Source: http://mcat-review.org/genetics.php Under mutations section.

 

[adrakdavra]

"Translocation = a stretch of DNA (a segment of a chromosome) breaks off, then reattaches somewhere else." Source: http://mcat-review.org/genetics.php Under mutations section.

Thanks , is trisomy a translocation mutation ?

 

[diarrhea joe]

AFAIK Trisomy 21 (Downs) is nondisjunction where there is improper separation of chromosomes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysomy


But it looks like trisomy as a problem could be caused by translocation, too.