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adj. - Pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis.

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  • In addition, fixed cytogenetic differences include a centromeric shift, heterochromatic differences on autosomal pairs 1–6, and the number of nucleolar organizer regions.
  • Interestingly in Africans the centromeric variant is derived.
  • White diamonds identify fusion points containing remnant centromeric repeats.
  • We evaluated cells transformed with a low-copy centromeric plasmid containing
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