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telocentric
telocentric, a. (and n.) Cytology. (tɛləʊ-, tiːləʊˈsɛntrɪk) [f. telo-1 + -centric.] Of a chromosome: having the centromere at the end. Hence as n. Cf. acrocentric, metacentric adjs.1939 C. D. Darlington in Jrnl. Genetics XXXVII. 349 This does not mean that terminal centromeres or telocentric chromos...
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Zempoaltépec vole
The karyotype consists of three pairs of small to medium-sized metacentric chromosomes and 24 pairs of telocentric chromosomes. The X chromosome is a large metacentric chromosome and the Y a small telocentric.
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-centric
-centric (sɛntrɪk) suffix, as in concentric, eccentric adjs., forming adjs. with the sense ‘having (such) a centre’, as polycentric a.; ‘having a specified centre’, as anthropo-, ethno-, helio-, homocentric adjs. 2. In Biol. [perh. f. centromere], ‘having the centromere attached at a specified point...
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Acentric fragment
See also
Metacentric
Submetacentric
Acrocentric
Telocentric
References
Classical genetics
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acrocentric
acrocentric, a. Cytology. (ækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk) [f. acro- + -centric.] Of a chromosome: having the centromere close to the end. Hence as n. Cf. metacentric a., telocentric a.1945 M. J. D. White Animal Cytol. & Evol. ii. 20 A distinction still exists in practice between those [chromosomes] which have the c...
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metacentric
metacentric, a. (mɛtəˈsɛntrɪk) [ad. F. métacentrique, f. métacentre: see prec. and -ic.] 1. Of or pertaining to a metacentre.1798 Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 242 The curve..is termed the metacentric curve, being the line traced by the successive metacentres. 1881 Times 6 Jan. 11/2 The result of the incli...
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Clematis aristata
These consist of five pairs of metacentric, one pair of subtelocentric, and two pairs of telocentric chromosomes with distal heterochromatic satellites
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monosome
monosome Cytology. (ˈmɒnəsəʊm) [f. mono- + -some4.] 1. A chromosome in a diploid chromosome complement which lacks its homologous partner; a diploid individual having such a chromosome in its complement.1921 [see hexasome s.v. hexa-]. 1944 Genetics XXIX. 232, 16 monosomes and five trisomes were foun...
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Koh Tao Island caecilian
While they all may have the 21 chromosome pairs, there was a study that found they have 18 metacentric, 4 submetacentric, and 20 telocentric chromosomes while another study had found 16 metacentric, 6 submetacentric, and 20 telocentric chromosomes in the caecilians.
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telo-
▪ I. telo-1 (ˈtɛləʊ, ˈtiːləʊ) combining form repr. Gr. τέλος, τέλε-ος end, occurring in a few scientific (biological, etc.) terms: see also teleo-2. ˈteloblast [Gr. βλαστός germ], each of a number of proliferating cells at one end of the embryo in segmented animals, as insects and annelids; teloˈden...
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Homologous chromosome
Centromere placement on the chromosome can be characterized by four main arrangements, either metacentric, submetacentric, acrocentric, or telocentric.
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misdivision
misdiˈvision [mis-1 4.] a. An incorrect division.1890 Cent. Dict. s.v., Newt, newte, an erroneous form due to misdivision of an ewte. 1905 Jespersen Growth Eng. Lang. 73 The result being the same misdivision of the word. b. spec. in Cytology. The abnormal transverse (instead of longitudinal) divisio...
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Cathaica fasciola
Seven chromose pairs are metacentric, one pair is submetacentric and 22 pairs are telocentric.
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Monocentric chromosome
See also
Metacentric
Submetacentric
Acrocentric
Telocentric
References
Chromosomes
Classical genetics
DNA replication
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Shinto shrew
Consecutive 9 pairs comprise telocentric chromosomes. A 16th pair is submetacentric too, in contrast to telocentric pairs 17 and 19.
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