submetacentric
Genetics
adjective
Designating a chromosome with the centromere close to but not exactly in the middle, so that the two chromosome arms differ slightly in length.
noun
A chromosome of this type.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in American Naturalist.
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- rough-legged hawk
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