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acrocentric chromosome
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  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
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·somea 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 translocationWords related to acrocentric chromosomenoun a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is longRelated Words |