Where does “centromere” come from?

Centromere comes from German Centromer, a scientific term of uncertain ultimate origin formed during the development of cytogenetics terminology.

centromere (English): The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome...

Definitions

  1. The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome...

Ancestry of “centromere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanCentromer

Words derived from “centromere

Every word from German Centromer
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