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acrocentric Applied to a chromosome with a centromere located nearer one end than the other. During the anaphase stage of cell division, movement of an acrocentric chromosome towards one pole results in the chromosome being shaped like a ‘J’, as opposed to the normal ‘V’ shape of a metacentric chromosome (in which the centromere is in the middle).

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acrocentric (ak-roh-sen-trik) n. a chromosome in which the centromere is situated at or very near one end.
—acrocentric adj.

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acrocentric See centromere.

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