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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 72
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Guillermo LÓPEZ COSTA, María Eugenia HERRERAS
  • Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
  • Term: centromere
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Chromosomal locus that regulates the proper pairing and segregation of the chromosomes during cell division.
  • Context: Scientists now appreciate that the centromere is a region of specialized chromatin found within each constricted chromosome that provides the foundation for kinetochore assembly and serves as a site for sister chromatid attachment [...].
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Remission: sin, morgan. Source: http://www.larousse.fr/archives/rechercher?q=centimorgan&base=medical.
  • Sources:
    • Term: TEUFEL, Andreas, (2011). Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Urban & Fischer, 2.
    • Definition: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Taschenlehrbuch Humangenetik. 8., überarb. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 144.
    • Context: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Taschenlehrbuch Humangenetik. 8., überarb. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 144.
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