reciprocal translocation

In the gorilla plot, chromosomes 4 and 19 stand out as the product of a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes syntenic to human chromosomes 5 and 17. b, The graph shows the number of collinear blocks in primate genomes with respect to the human genome.

In the gorilla plot, chromosomes 4 and 19 stand out as the product of a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes syntenic to human chromosomes 5 and 17. b, The graph shows the number of collinear blocks in primate genomes with respect to the human genome.

Discovered in 1973 by Janet Rowley, the Philadelphia chromosome results from a reciprocal translocation: part of the long arm of chromosome 9 is fused to part of chromosome 22.

Part of chromosome No. 3 was attached to chromosome 8 and vice versa, a condition that geneticists call balanced reciprocal translocation.