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Acrocentric Chromosome

nounid 9382·updated May 18, 2026
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a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long

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Variants

plural
Acrocentric Chromosomes
possessive
Acrocentric Chromosome's
pluralpossessive
Acrocentric Chromosomes'

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a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long

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