Definition of Telocentric

1. Adjective. Having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position. "A telocentric chromosome"

Partainyms: Centromere

Definition of Telocentric

1. Adjective. (genetics of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end ¹

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Definition of Telocentric

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telocentric

telmatologist
telmatologists
telmatology
telmisartan
telnet
telnetable
telneted
telneting
telnets
telnettable
telnetted
telnetting
telo-
teloblast
teloblasts
telocentric (current term)
telocentric chromosome
telocentrics
telocoel
telocoels
telodendrion
telodendrions
telodendron
telodendrons
telodynamic
telogen
telogen effluvium
telogenesis
telogenetic
telogenic

Literary usage of Telocentric

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

1. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"Thus, the extra chromosome of MAAL E is probably the same type as that of trisomic E. In contrast, MAAL N-telo. had a telocentric chromosome in its somatic ..."

2. 2nd International Symposium on Genetic Manipulation in Crops by A. Mujeeb-Kazi, L. A. Sitch, International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"The telocentric chromosomes of common wheat. In: Proc of the 5th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, S. Ramanujan, ed., pp. 389-407. Wang, XZ 1984. ..."

3. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"... will be cytologically analyzed to identify telocentric chromosomes. Single chromosome substitution lines will be made from Auburn and Plainsman V ..."

4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Thirteen readily-discernible telocentric chromosomes have been excised from metaphases of synchronized root-tip mitoses. After lysis in a collection drop (2 ..."

5. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"Thus, the extra chromosome of MAAL E is probably the same type as that of trisomic E. In contrast, MAAL N-telo. had a telocentric chromosome in its somatic ..."

6. 2nd International Symposium on Genetic Manipulation in Crops by A. Mujeeb-Kazi, L. A. Sitch, International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"The telocentric chromosomes of common wheat. In: Proc of the 5th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, S. Ramanujan, ed., pp. 389-407. Wang, XZ 1984. ..."

7. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"... will be cytologically analyzed to identify telocentric chromosomes. Single chromosome substitution lines will be made from Auburn and Plainsman V ..."

8. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Thirteen readily-discernible telocentric chromosomes have been excised from metaphases of synchronized root-tip mitoses. After lysis in a collection drop (2 ..."

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