What is the feature of a metacentric chromosome?
- AThe centromere is situated at the terminal end.
- BThe centromere is situated in the middle of the chromosome,forming two equal arms.
- CThe centromere is situated close to its end,forming one extremely short and one very long arm.
- DThe centromere is situated slightly away from the middle,resulting in one shorter arm and one longer arm.
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