Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The most condensed and constricted region of a chromosome, to which the spindle fiber is attached during mitosis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) a specialized condensed region of a chromosomes that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
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- noun genetics The central region of a
eukaryotic chromosome where thekinetochore is assembled.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
Etymologies
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Examples
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Furthermore, it has been possible to throw light on problems of crossing-over, as in the demonstration (Muller, Stone, and Offermann, 1930 et seq.) that to whatever position the centromere is moved, it causes a strong inhibition of crossing-over, the strength of which gradually diminishes with distance.
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Each chromosome is identifiable by its relative length, by the location of its centromere, which is readily observed at the pachytene stage, and by the individuality of the chromomeres strung along the length of each chromosome.
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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Recently, the homology-independent pairwise association of centromeres, termed centromere coupling, was also reported in budding yeast.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David Obeso et al. 2010
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Recently, the homology-independent pairwise association of centromeres, termed centromere coupling, was also reported in budding yeast.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David Obeso et al. 2010
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Recently, the homology-independent pairwise association of centromeres, termed centromere coupling, was also reported in budding yeast.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David Obeso et al. 2010
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To differentiate this homology-independent centromeric association from the regular pairing between homologous chromosomes this phenomenon has been referred to as centromere coupling
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David Obeso et al. 2010
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Each chromosome has a constriction point called the centromere, which divides the chromosome into two sections, or "arms."
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JacobB 2010
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Recently, the homology-independent pairwise association of centromeres, termed centromere coupling, was also reported in budding yeast.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David Obeso et al. 2010
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Each chromosome has a constriction point called the centromere, which divides the chromosome into two sections, or "arms."
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To differentiate this homology-independent centromeric association from the regular pairing between homologous chromosomes this phenomenon has been referred to as centromere coupling
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David Obeso et al. 2010
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