NOUN
- a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position
How To Use metacentric chromosome In A Sentence
- A V-shaped metacentric chromosome has two arms: 10 metacentric chromosomes would have a total of 20 arms. Trout and Salmon of North America
- Note that almost all metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes have split at the centromere into two daughter units.
- a metacentric chromosome
- The X, Y, and autosomes are indicated as rod-shaped acrocentric, J-shaped submetacentric, and metacentric chromosomes, respectively.