acrocentric

American

[ak-ruh-sen-trik] / ˌæk rəˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

Genetics.

of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is closer to one end than to the other, creating two unequal chromosome arms.

acrocentric British

/ ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

(of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end

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noun

an acrocentric chromosome

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Etymology

Origin of acrocentric

First recorded in 1940–45; acro- + -centric

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As expected, regions with the highest nucleotide differentiation between European and Asian wild boars were observed in high recombination regions towards the end of the chromosomes on both metacentric and acrocentric chromosomes.

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