When a piece of chromosome breaks off and reattaches at another site on the same or another chromosome, this is called
A) a deletion.
B) nondisjunction.
C) translocation.
D) nontranslation.
E) recombination.

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Translocation is the process where a segment of a chromosome breaks off and reattaches to a different location, either on the same chromosome or on a different one.

When a Piece of Chromosome Breaks Off and Reattaches at Another