See Also: acentric fragment(medicine)
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acentric(medicine)
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Chromosome, acentric(health)
acentric chromosome(medicine)
Acentric chromosome(health)
f2 fragment(medicine)
FAB fragment(medicine)
FC fragment(medicine)

acentric fragment (medicine)


acentric fragment -->
acentric chromosome


A fragment of a chromosome lacking a centromere and unable to attach to the mitotic spindle, therefore unable to take part in the division of a nucleus and randomly distributed in daughter cells.

Synonym: acentric fragment.