English Explanatory Dictionary

Robertsonian translocation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare form of chromosomal rearrangement where the participating chromosomes break at their centromeres and the long arms fuse to form a single, large chromosome with a single centromere.

Word forms

Robertsonian translocation Robertsonian translocations

Etymology

From Robertsonian + translocation.

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