nonacrocentric

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ acrocentric.

Adjective

nonacrocentric (comparative more nonacrocentric, superlative most nonacrocentric)

  1. (genetics, of a chromosome) Having the centromere near the middle, and thus having roughly equal-sized arms.
    • 1988, Art Daniel, The Cytogenetics of Mammalian Autosomal Rearrangements, page 56:
      The derivative that is lacking is formed by the complete acrocentric short arm and the proximal long arm segment and perhaps a terminal segment from the nonacrocentric chromosome.
    • 2011, Thomas Liehr, Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes (sSMC), page 17:
      In other words, acrocentric-derived sSMC tend to be transmitted more easily from one generation to the next than nonacrocentric ones; the first can apparently survive male and female meiosis more easily, whereas nonacrocentric ones seem to face more problems there.
    • 2020, Christopher Bob Gillies, Fertility and Chromosome Pairing, page 22:
      Gabriel-Robez et al. have shown a ratio of 1:4 for translocations with an acrocentric present, compared with nonacrocentric translocations in fertile males.