HyperDic: metacentric_chromosome

English > 1 sense of the expression metacentric chromosome:
NOUNbodymetacentric chromosomea chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position
English > metacentric chromosome: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position.
BroaderchromosomeA threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

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