Definition & Meaning | English word DICENTRIC
DICENTRIC
Definitions of DICENTRIC
- (genetics) (of a chromosome) Having two centromeres (an aberration)
- A chromosome that has two centromeres.
Number of letters
9
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using DICENTRIC in a Sentence
- It is formed through the fusion of two chromosome segments, each with a centromere, resulting in the loss of acentric fragments (lacking a centromere) and the formation of dicentric fragments.
- When dicentric chromosomes form, a series of events can occur called a breakage-fusion-bridge cycle: Spindle fibers attach onto both centromeres in different locations on the chromosome, thereby tearing the chromatid into two pieces during anaphase.
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