acrocentric


ac·ro·cen·tric

adj \ˌak-rō-ˈsen-trik\

Definition of ACROCENTRIC

: having the centromere situated so that one chromosomal arm is much shorter than the other—compare metacentric, telocentric
acrocentric noun

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