Holocentric chromosomes are chromosomes that possess multiple kinetochores along their length rather than the single centromere typical of other chromosomes...

particular linear chromosome is used to classify chromosomes as metacentric, submetacentric, acrocentric, telocentric, or holocentric. Metacentric means...

Monocentric chromosomes as compared to holocentric chromosomes where the entire length of the chromosome acts as the centromere. In monocentric chromosomes there...

to chiasma formation. Genetic recombination Chromosomal crossover Bivalent (genetics) Holocentric chromosome Andersen SL, Sekelsky J (2010). "Meiotic versus...

have a single centromeric region on each chromosome which assembles a single, localized kinetochore. Holocentric organisms, such as nematodes and some plants...

histone variant hnRNA See heterogeneous nuclear RNA. holocentric (of a linear chromosome or chromosome fragment) Having no single centromere but rather multiple...

due to the fact that C. elegans has a specialized chromosome structure known as holocentric chromosomes. Fungi, such as S. cerevisiae and S. pombe have...

Members of this genus have holocentric chromosomes, which is rare in eukaryotes, and have become a model for the study of chromosome evolution. The genomes...

monocentric (of a linear chromosome or chromosome fragment) Having only one centromere. Contrast dicentric and holocentric. monoclonal Describing cells...

Murakami, Akio; Imai, Hirotami T. (1974). "Cytological evidence for holocentric chromosomes of the silkworms, Bombyx mori and B. mandarina, (Bombycidae, Lepidoptera)"...