Defenition of the word centromere

• Defenition of the word centromere

  • A region in the middle of the chromosome involved in cell division and the control of gene expression.
  • a specialized condensed region of a chromosomes that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
  • a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence"
  • a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape

Meronymys for the word centromere

• • chromosome

Hypernyms for the word centromere

• • anatomical structure
  • bodily structure
  • body structure
  • complex body part
  • structure

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