Molecular Biology. Of a chromosome: having no centromere.

= telocentric, adj.

Biology. Relating to or involving the centromere of a chromosome; (of a chromosomal section or fragment) containing a centromere; functioning as a…

Involving only the part of a chromosome to one side of the centromere. Chiefly in paracentric inversion n. a genetic mutation in which a…

Cell Biology. Involving parts of a chromosome on both sides of the centromere. Opposed to paracentric, adj.2

Of a chromosome: having the centromere at or near the centre.

Of a chromosome: having the centromere at the end. Hence as n. Cf. acrocentric, adj. n., metacentric, adj.2

Of or relating to a centromere.

Biology. Of a chromosome: having more than one centromere; spec. having more than two centromeres.

Cell Biology. Of a chromosome or chromatid: = multicentric, adj. 1b.

Of a chromosome: having the centromere close to one end, so that one arm is much shorter than the other Cf. metacentric, adj.2, telocentric, adj.

(a) adj. designating a chromosome with a centromere near one end; (b) n. a chromosome of this type.

(a) adj. designating a chromosome with the centromere close to but not exactly in the middle, so that the two chromosome arms differ slightly in…

= subtelocentric adj. n.