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Chromomere vs Centromere - What's the difference?

chromomere | centromere |

In genetics terms the difference between chromomere and centromere

is that chromomere is any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division while centromere is the central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

chromomere

English

Noun

(wikipedia chromomere) (en noun)
  • (genetics) Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division

    • centromere

    English

    (wikipedia 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 .