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An acrocentric chromosome has the centromere located closer to one end than the other.
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(2001). Acrocentric Chromosome. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedic Reference of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30683-8_10
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