Each chromosome has a constriction point called the centromere, which divides the chromosome into two sections, or “arms.”
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Centromere
//ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ//
Synonyms for "centromere" (3 found)
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25 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- centròmer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 中節 /中节 noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
- 着丝粒 noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
- 著絲粒 /著丝粒 noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Czech
1 entries- centromera noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Estonian
1 entries- tsentromeer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Finnish
1 entries- sentromeeri noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
French
1 entries- centromère noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
German
1 entries- Zentromer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Greek
1 entries- κεντρομερές noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Irish
1 entries- ceintrimír noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Italian
1 entries- centromero noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Japanese
2 entries- セントロメア noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
- 動原体 noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Korean
1 entries- 중심립 noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Latvian
1 entries- centromēra noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Portuguese
2 entries- centrómero noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
- centrômero noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Russian
1 entries- центроме́ра noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Spanish
1 entries- centrómero noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Swedish
1 entries- centromer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Turkish
1 entries- sentromer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đoạn trung tâm noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
Welsh
2 entries- centromer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
- sentromer noun (region of a eukaryotic chromosome)
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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.
Source: wiktionary
Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere.
Source: wiktionary
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