submetacentric
nounEtymology From sub- + metacentric.
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A submetacentric chromosome.
submetacentric
adjEtymology From sub- + metacentric.
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Biology, Cytology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a long arm, and a short arm
- Human chromosome 2 is submetacentric.
- Related terms
- telocentric, acrocentric, metacentric