1 Answers

Acentric chromosome: A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is lacking a centromere (the waist of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the cell) and so is lost when the cell divides.

5 views

Related Questions

What is Autosomal chromosome?
1 Answers 5 Views
What is Band, chromosome?
1 Answers 5 Views
What is Chromosome?
1 Answers 5 Views
What is Chromosome 1?
1 Answers 6 Views
What is Chromosome 2?
1 Answers 8 Views
What is Chromosome 3?
1 Answers 6 Views
What is Chromosome, acentric?
1 Answers 4 Views