Associations to the word «Centromere»
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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".
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