(of a chromosome) having the centromere at or close to the end
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Regardless, the chromosomes of all three species were asymmetric, most with telocentric elements.
Jaruwan Tubtimon, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Chirasak Sutcharit, Bangon Kongim, SomsakPanha 2014, 'Systematics of the freshwater leech genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida,Hirudinidae) from northeastern Thailand', ZooKeyshttp://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4217. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Naturally occurring telocentric chromosomes (telosomes) with a terminal centromere are rare but do exist.
Dal-Hoe Koo, Sunish K. Sehgal, Bernd Friebe, Bikram S. Gill 2015, 'Structure and Stability of Telocentric Chromosomes in Wheat', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0137747. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There were three pairs of metacentric and fifteen pairs of telocentric chromosomes in both species.
Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Juan P González-Hermoso, Horacio Fletes-Regalado, Luz EstelaRodríguez-Ibarra, Gabriela Del Valle Pignataro 2007, 'Cariotipos de los caracoles de tinte Plicopurpura pansa y Plicopurpura columellaris(Gastropoda: Muricidae)', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442007000300011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are 60 pairs of monoarm, telocentric chromosomes.
Jeane R Indy, Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Salomón Páramo-Delgadillo, Ulises Hernández-Vidal, Carlos A Álvarez-González, Wilfrido M Contreras-Sánchez 2010, 'Mitotic karyotype of the tropical freshwater crayfish Procambarus (Austrocambarus)llamasi (Decapoda: Cambaridae)', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442010000200010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)