U4: CHROMOSOMES BASED ON CENTROMERE POSITION Flashcards
Centromere is centrally located or in the middle, yielding arms of roughly equal length
Metacentric
Pairs of metacentric chromosomes in human
5
1st chromosome
Metacentric
3rd chromosome
Metacentric
16th chromosome
Metacentric
19th chromosome
Metacentric
20th chromosome
Metacentric`
1st, 3rd, 16th, 19th, 20th chromosome
Metacentric
Shape of spindle fiber in Metacentric
V-shaped
Centromere is off-center, q arm is longer and shorter p arm, has unequal length of chromosome arms
Submetacentric
Shape of spindle fiber in Submetacentric
J-shaped
2nd chromosome
Submetacentric
4th chromosome
Submetacentric
7th chromosome
Submetacentric
12th chromosome
Submetacentric
17th chromosome
Submetacentric
18th chromosome
Submetacentric
2nd, 4th to 12th, 17th, 18th, X chromosome
Submetacentric
Pairs of submetacentric chromosomes in human
13
X chromosome
Submetacentric
The centromere is very close to one end, yielding a small p arm
Acrocentric
This means peak
acro