HyperDic: acrocentric_chromosome

English > 1 sense of the expression acrocentric chromosome:
NOUNbodyacrocentric chromosomea chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long
English > acrocentric chromosome: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long.
BroaderchromosomeA threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

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