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Definition of Centromeres
1. centromere [n] - See also: centromere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centromeres
Literary usage of Centromeres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mosquitoes: How They Live; how They Carry Disease; how They are Classified by Leland Ossian Howard (1902)
"They are now known as zygotes. Clear spaces begin to appear on the surface.
These clear spaces are known as centromeres, and they are rapidly surrounded by ..."
2. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"The centromeres were localized to within a few markers on all of the barley
chromosomes except chromosome 5. Telomeric regions were mapped for the short ..."