Associations to the word «Centromere»

Wiktionary

CENTROMERE, noun. (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

Dictionary definition

CENTROMERE, noun. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras