telocentric chromosome

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   a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position

   Broaderchromosome

Questions about telocentric chromosome

What does telocentric chromosome mean?

telocentric chromosome means "a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position".

Is telocentric chromosome a common word?

telocentric chromosome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.