NOUN | body | centromere, kinetochore | a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape |
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Meaning | A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape. | |
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Example | "the centromere is difficult to sequence" | |
Synonym | kinetochore | |
Part of | chromosome | A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order |
Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
Spanish | centrómero, cinetocoro | |
Catalan | centròmer, cinetocoro | |
Adjectives | acentric | lacking a centromere |
acrocentric | having a subterminal centromere | |
centromeric | pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis | |
metacentric | having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere | |
telocentric | having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position |
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