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metacentric

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metacentric [¦med·ə′sen·trik]
(cell and molecular biology)
Having the centromere near the middle of the chromosome.
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Statistical analysis of relative length and arm ratio revealed that, this species had a normal diploid chromosome number of 2n = 38, and the karyotype consists of 15 pairs of metacentric (M) and 4 pairs of submetacentric (SM) chromosomes, NF = 76.
Karyotypes of diploid and triploid Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus) by Lin, Zhi-hua; Lu, Zhen-Ming; Chai, Xue-Liang; Fang, Jun; Zhang, Jiong-Ming / Journal of Shellfish Research
This book begins with a long prologue and ends with a short epilogue about the life of eighteenth-century French savant Pierre Bouguer, most famous for his metacentric theory of ship stability.
Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific ... by McGee, David / Renaissance Quarterly
The sex chromosomes consist of three variations of subtelocentric, telocentric, and metacentric types caused by two pericentric inversions and conduct the different sex determining systems (19,20).
Effects of Dibutyl Phthalate as an Environmental Endocrine Disruptor ... by Ichikawa, Youko / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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