acrocentric

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(thing) by BioTech (9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Aug 10 2002 at 5:09:17
A chromosome or chromatid with a non-centrally-located centromere, producing chromosome arms with unequal lengths.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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