nonacrocentric

comparative more nonacrocentric · superlative most nonacrocentric

1. biologyHaving the centromere near the middle, and thus having roughly equal-sized arms.

   Gabriel-Robez et al. have shown a ratio of 1:4 for translocations with an acrocentric present, compared with nonacrocentric translocations in fertile males.

   2020, Christopher Bob Gillies, Fertility and Chromosome Pairing, page 22

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   The derivative that is lacking is formed by the complete acrocentric short arm and the proximal long arm segment and perhaps a terminal segment from the nonacrocentric chromosome.

   1988, Art Daniel, The Cytogenetics of Mammalian Autosomal Rearrangements, page 56

   In other words, acrocentric-derived sSMC tend to be transmitted more easily from one generation to the next than nonacrocentric ones; the first can apparently survive male and female meiosis more easily, whereas nonacrocentric ones seem to face more problems there.

   2011, Thomas Liehr, Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes (sSMC), page 17