Centromere
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Centromere is a noun meaning (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
Meaning
(genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
Example Sentences
Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere.
The aberrant bivalents with single terminal chiasmata are specially liable to this failure of orientation, presumably because their centromeres lie exceptionally far apart, as is the case in similar circumstances in a Lilium hybrid with reduced chiasma-frequency.
Word Forms
- centromeres
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include submedian, subterminal, centromer, centrochromatin, kinomere, metapolycentromere.
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