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In [[genetics]], a nonreciprocal translocation is a [[chromosome abnormality]] referring to the one-way exchange of a chromosomal segment from | In [[genetics]], a nonreciprocal translocation is a [[chromosome abnormality]] referring to the one-way exchange of a chromosomal segment from a non-homologous [[chromosome]] to another. It is one type of chromosomal translocation, along with [[Reciprocal translocation|reciprocal (non-Robertsonian) translocation]]. This type of chromosomal rearrangement involves the movement of one chromosomal segment from its original locus to a locus on a non-homologous chromosome. Unlike reciprocal translocation, nonreciprocal translocation does not involve the equal exchange of chromosomal segments between two chromosomes. Rather it is a one-way transfer, rather than two-way exchange, of chromosomal segments between two non-homologous chromosomes. | ||
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In genetics, a nonreciprocal translocation is a chromosome abnormality referring to the one-way exchange of a chromosomal segment from a non-homologous chromosome to another. It is one type of chromosomal translocation, along with reciprocal (non-Robertsonian) translocation. This type of chromosomal rearrangement involves the movement of one chromosomal segment from its original locus to a locus on a non-homologous chromosome. Unlike reciprocal translocation, nonreciprocal translocation does not involve the equal exchange of chromosomal segments between two chromosomes. Rather it is a one-way transfer, rather than two-way exchange, of chromosomal segments between two non-homologous chromosomes.