acrocentric chromosome

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Noun

acrocentric chromosome - a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is longchromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"

acrocentric chromosome

[¦ak·rə¦sen·trik ′krō·mə·sōm] (cell and molecular biology) A chromosome having the centromere close to one end.

acrocentric chromosome

ac·ro·cen·tric chro·mo·some

a chromosome with the centromere placed very close to one end so that the short arm is very small, and often has a satellite.

ac·ro·cen·tric chro·mo·some

(ak'rō-sen'trik krō'mŏ-sōm) A chromosome with the centromere placed very close to one end so that the short arm is very small, often with a satellite.

acrocentric chromosome

Related to acrocentric chromosome: telocentric chromosome, metacentric chromosome, submetacentric chromosome, robertsonian translocation

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Words related to acrocentric chromosome

noun a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long

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chromosome

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