(See metacentric chromosomes and 10 telocentrics of medium length.
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It has eight metacentric chromosomes, four submetacentric to acrocentric, and two submetacentric chromosomes.
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In some cases, a metacentric chromosome is formed by balanced translocation : the fusion of two acrocentric chromosomes to form one metacentric chromosome.
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In some cases, a metacentric chromosome is formed by balanced translocation : the fusion of two acrocentric chromosomes to form one metacentric chromosome.
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Klein s group found populations with metacentric chromosomes in different regions of Europe, but concentrated its effort on the system of metacentrics in southern Germany.
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The extant, it is apparent that the evolutionary sequence is a reduction of two acrocentric chromosomes in the great apes to one metacentric chromosome in humans ( see Karyotype # Aneuploidy ).
परिभाषा
a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position