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centromer

centromer is the alternative form of centromere.

Meaning of centromere

Noun

centromere (plural centromeres)

  1. The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
    • 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.1936, C. D. Darlington, “The Analysis of Chromosome Movements, I. Podophyllum versipelle”, in Cytologia, volume 7, numbers 1-2, page 242

Forms of centromer

pluralcentromers

Questions about centromer

What is centromer the alternative form of?
Centromer is the alternative form of centromere.

Words near centromer in the dictionary

  1. centromatid
  2. centromatids
  3. centromedial
  4. centromedian
  5. centromedullary
  6. centromer
  7. centromeral
  8. centromere
  9. centromerelike
  10. centromeres
  11. centromeric

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