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Centromeres vs Centromere - What's the difference?

centromeres | centromere |

As nouns the difference between centromeres and centromere

is that centromeres is while centromere is centromere.

centromeres

English

Noun

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  • centromere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 16:
  • Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere .