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NEET 2019
Exam
NEET
Year
2019
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Cell - The Unit of Life

NEET 2019 · Botany · Cell - The Unit of Life

The shorter and longer arms of a submetacentric chromosome are...

The shorter and longer arms of a submetacentric chromosome are referred to as:

Options

  1. As-arm and l-arm respectively
  2. Bp-arm and q-arm respectively
  3. Cq-arm and p-arm respectively
  4. Dm-arm and n-arm respectively

Correct answer

B. p-arm and q-arm respectively

Step-by-step solution

Sub-metacentric chromosome or submedian centromere : The centromere is present slightly away from the center of a chromosome or nearer to one end of the chromosome. As a result, chromosome is divided into one shorter (p arm) and one longer (q arm).
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