centromere

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/    美 /ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
    — The aberrant bivalents with single terminal chiasmata are specially liable to this failure of orientation, presumably because their centromeres lie exceptionally far apart, as is the case in similar circumstances in a Lilium hybrid with reduced chiasma-frequency.

词形变化

centromeres plural

词源

Borrowed from German Centromer, corresponding to centro- + -mere (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”)).
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