referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
Examples of 'submetacentric' in a sentence
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Heterochromatic blocks were observed at both telomeres of a submetacentric chromosome pair.
Fábio Porto-Foresti, Diogo Teruo Hashimoto, Anderson Luis Alves, Rodrigo Braz CastilhoAlmeida, José Augusto Senhorini, Jehud Bortolozzi, Fausto Foresti 2008, 'Cytogenetic markers as diagnoses in the identification of the hybrid between Piauçu(Leporinus macrocephalus) and Piapara (Leporinus elongatus)', Genetics and Molecular Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We found polymorphisms in pairs 1 and 3, where homologues were submetacentric andacrocentric.
Rafael Kretschmer, Vanusa Lilian Camargo de Lima, Marcelo Santos de Souza, AliceLemos Costa, Patricia C. M. O'Brien, Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith, Edivaldo HerculanoCorrêa de Oliveira, Ricardo José Gunski, Analía Del Valle Garnero 2018, 'Multidirectional chromosome painting in Synallaxis frontalis (Passeriformes, Furnariidae)reveals high chromosomal reorganization, involving fissions and inversions', Comparative Cytogeneticshttps://compcytogen.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22344. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The karyotype consisted of five submetacentric and 19 subtelocentric pairs of chromosomes (5sm+19st).
Azam Mansoori, Mehregan Ebrahimi, Ali Gholamhosseini, Hamid Reza Esmaeili 2016, 'Karyosystematics of Kol tooth-carp, Aphanius darabensis (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)',International Journal of Aquatic Biologyhttp://ij-aquaticbiology.com/index.php/ijab/article/view/217. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The type of autosomes are 18 metacentric and 22 submetacentric chromosomes.
Bunjongrat, R., Khunsook, S., Kaensa, W., Tanomtong, A. 2006, 'A comparative of G-banded chromosome of Assam Macaque (Macaca assamensis) and relationshipto human (Homo sapiens)', Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)http://www.sjst.psu.ac.th/journal/28_3_pdf/09-Macaca-assamensis.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The karyotype of this species consists of 20 metacentric and 5 submetacentric pairs.
Danon Clemes Cardoso, Tassia Tatiane Pereira Pontes, Alessandro Lick Cordeiro, MaykonPassos Cristiano 2017, 'Cytogenetic data on the agro-predatory ant Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, 1947 and itshost, Mycetophylax conformis (Mayr, 1884) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)', Comparative Cytogeneticshttp://compcytogen.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10842. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All accessions studied showed karyotypes with 2n = 30 small metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes.
Aryane Campos Reis, Lyderson Facio Viccini, Saulo Marçal de Sousa 2015, 'Contributions to cytogenetics of Plectranthus barbatus Andr. (Lamiaceae): a medicinalplant', Comparative Cytogeneticshttp://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=5164. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Macrochromosome pairs 1, 2 and 5 were submetacentric and pair 3, subacrocentric.
Ricardo José Gunski, Miriam Luz Giannoni 1998, 'Nucleolar organizer regions and a new chromosome number for Rhea americana (Aves:Rheiformes)', Genetics and Molecular Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000200006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The diploid female number was 2n = 54 meta- and submetacentric chromosomes.
Vladimir Pavan Margarido, Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior 2000, 'Amplification of a GC-rich heterochromatin in the freshwater fish Leporinus desmotes(Characiformes, Anostomidae)', Genetics and Molecular Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000300012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)