acrocentric chromosome
a chromosome or chromatid with the centromere near the end
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
Acrocentric chromosome: A chromosome with its centromere towards one end. Human chromosomes 13,14,15,21,22 are acrocentric.
Acrocentric chromosome
- A chromosome whose centromere is located near one end
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acrocentric Chromosome with centromere near the end.
acromion A process on the scapula.
acron Preoral region of an insect.
There are five acrocentric chromosomes in the human genome: 13, 14, 15, 21 and 22. These five chromosomes are the site of genes encoding rRNAs.
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Acrocentric chromosomes are at risk of translocations that fuse the long arms of two different chromosomes with the loss of the short arms.
The different populations are allopatric; isolated in different valleys leading down to the sea.
A chromosome having its centromere in the middle. See also acrocentric chromosome
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 See also: Chromosome, Acrocentric, Centromere, Biology, Organ
  
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