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centromeres

centromeres is the plural 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

Questions about centromeres

What is centromeres the plural of?
Centromeres is the plural of centromere.

Words near centromeres in the dictionary

  1. centromedullary
  2. centromer
  3. centromeral
  4. centromere
  5. centromerelike
  6. centromeres
  7. centromeric
  8. centromerically
  9. centromers
  10. centromucronate
  11. centronellid

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