acrocentric

adj

Etymology

From acro- + -centric.

Definitions

  1. (of a chromosome) Having the centromere very near to one end, and thus having a long arm,…

    (of a chromosome) Having the centromere very near to one end, and thus having a long arm, and a very short arm.

  2. A chromosome that has the centromere very near to one end, and thus has a long arm, and a…

    A chromosome that has the centromere very near to one end, and thus has a long arm, and a very short arm.

    • This may be the result of misalignment, nonallelic gene conversion or other biological mechanisms that maintain large-scale homology between the short arms of the acrocentrics—a phenomenon that we have studied in an associated paper²².

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