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trans·lo·cate  (trns-lkt, trnz-)
tr.v. trans·lo·cat·ed, trans·lo·cat·ing, trans·lo·cates
1. To cause to change from one place or position to another; displace.
2. To transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position; cause to undergo translocation.
translocate [ˌtrænzləʊˈkeɪt]
vb
(tr) to move; displace
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Verb1.translocate - transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position
shift, transfer - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
2.translocate - move from one place to another, especially of wild animalstranslocate - move from one place to another, especially of wild animals; "The endangered turtles were translocated to a safe environment"
transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
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Byline: Mark Blazis COLUMN: OUTDOORS Most biologists involved in the initial, 1960s translocations of overly abundant, non-migratory Canada geese in Massachusetts would probably admit they never imagined the extent to which those geese would further increase and become, in many cases, unwanted pests.
Here's the poop on hunting, eating goose by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
One, translocations or 'assisted colonisation', involves a triage process for moving species to alternative habitat when their native habitat can no longer support a viable population.
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She soon uncovered translocations in other types of leukemia and lymphoma cells, and then, as new technology became available, began to clone the translocation abnormalities, or breakpoints, of these chromosomes and to identify their oncogenes (the mutated genes that help transform a normal cell into a cancerous one).
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