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Definition of Centromere

1. 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"

Definition of Centromere

1. Noun. (context: genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centromere

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Centromere

1. The region in eukaryote chromosomes where daughter chromatids are joined together. The kinetochore, to which the spindle chromosomes are attached, lies adjacent to the centromere. The centromeric DNA codes for the kinetochore. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Centromere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Thus, in the case of colchicine-treated material, being attached to a common centromere does afford two homologous arms a greater chance of entering chiasma ..."

2. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"Here, -l\e is the index corresponding to the "left edge" of the data set (ie the marker farthest from the centromere), and lre is the index corresponding to ..."

3. Statistics in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Selected Proceedings of a 1997 by Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch (1999)
"If there has been at least one chiasma between the centromere and that locus, ... If no chiasmata have occurred between a locus and the centromere, ..."

4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"Recombination between Cmcl and the 6D centromere among female gametes of plants ... gans from the centromere of 6Ds. 156 NAL Call No: ..."

5. Biographical Memoirs by Caroline K. McEuen, National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff (1980)
"In this paper, he showed that when the X- chromosome is broken and the originally distal part is brought closer to the centromere, the amount of crossing- ..."

6. Crossing Over: The Basics of Evolution : Workbook for Teachers by Edith Dempster (2006)
"At this stage in a cell cycle, each chromosome consists of two identical chromatids, joined together by a structure called the centromere (say sen-tro-meer) ..."

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