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acrocentric en · ADJ

Etymology

From acro- + -centric.

Meanings

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

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Deriveds

nonacrocentric

Translations (4)

it acrocentrico (having the centromere near an end) · pt acrocêntrico (having the centromere near an end) · fr acrocentrique (having the centromere near an end) · ga acraiceintreach (having the centromere near an end)

acrocentric en · NOUN

Etymology

From acro- + -centric.

Meanings

1. 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. 2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313:

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