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Definition of Telocentric chromosome

1. Noun. A chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position.

Medical Definition of Telocentric chromosome

1. Chromosome with the centromere located at one end. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Telocentric chromosome

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1. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"Thus, the extra chromosome of MAAL E is probably the same type as that of trisomic E. In contrast, MAAL N-telo. had a telocentric chromosome in its somatic ..."

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