telocentricadj.n.
/tɛlə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk//tiːlə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/ Cytology.
Of a chromosome: having the centromere at the end. Hence as n. Cf. acrocentric adj. and n., metacentric adj.2
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acentric1899
telomitic1917
centric1937
paracentric1938
pericentric1938
metacentric1939
telocentric1939
centromeric1941
multicentric1941
polycentric1943
acrocentric1945
subtelocentric1954
submetacentric1957
subacrocentric1960
1939 C. D. Darlington in Jrnl. Genetics 37 349 This does not mean that terminal centromeres or telocentric chromosomes work satisfactorily or survive permanently.
1939 C. D. Darlington in Jrnl. Genetics 37 352 The misdivided chromosomes..will give the functional telocentrics that I have already described at second anaphase.
1949 C. D. Darlington & K. Mather Elements of Genetics v. 103 Misdivision of the centromere and Formation of two telocentric chromosomes.
1964 Hereditas 52 209 Most cytologists agree that the centromere in acrocentric chromosomes is less terminal than in telocentric chromosomes.
1971 Nature 15 Oct. 481/2 The karyotype presented as typical by Kao and Puck was interpreted by them as having three hamster telocentrics replaced by two human metacentrics.
1976 Nature 12 Aug. 580/1 The X chromosome is telocentric (X1) in F344 and AC1 strains.
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