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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis