centromere
The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
Synonyms
- kinetochore
Related words
- centromeral
- autocentromere
- neocentromere
- anticentromere
- centromerelike
- pericentromere
- centromeric
- holocentromere
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μέρος" (part).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “centromere” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.