translocation
noun
trans·lo·ca·tion
ˌtran(t)s-lō-ˈkā-shən 
ˌtranz-
: the act, process, or an instance of changing location or position: such as
a
: the conduction of soluble material (such as metabolic products) from one part of a plant to another
b
: transfer of part of a chromosome to a different position especially on a nonhomologous chromosome
especially
: the exchange of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes
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Resistance to the translocation also comes from local authorities and people in the tourism industry, who are wary of losing business and the state’s exclusivity as the only place in India to see lions in the wild, Chellam explained.
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Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The rebound in 2019 could be due, at least in part, to the department’s translocations, Kolar says, but surveyors didn’t see many males with leg bands during the spring lek surveys, which would have indicated Wyoming birds.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
In 2020, after a tangle of paperwork and permits, the first translocation took place.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 19 July 2025
Photographer Ami Vitale was documenting the translocation of this female from the
OI Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya to the Loisaba Conservancy in the north when the rhino reacted poorly to anesthesia and stopped breathing.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The rebound in 2019 could be due, at least in part, to the department’s translocations, Kolar says, but surveyors didn’t see many males with leg bands during the spring lek surveys, which would have indicated Wyoming birds.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
In 2020, after a tangle of paperwork and permits, the first translocation took place.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 19 July 2025
Photographer Ami Vitale was documenting the translocation of this female from the
OI Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya to the Loisaba Conservancy in the north when the rhino reacted poorly to anesthesia and stopped breathing.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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translocation
noun
trans·lo·ca·tion
ˌtran(t)s-lō-ˈkā-shən, ˌtranz-
1
: transfer of part of a chromosome to a different position especially on a nonhomologous chromosome
especially
: the exchange of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes
2
: a chromosome or part of a chromosome that has undergone translocation
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