centromere

Noun
  1. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape (synset 105451900)
    "the centromere is difficult to sequence"
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    is a part of: chromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
    same as: kinetochore

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