The shorter and longer arms of a submetacentric chromosome are referred to as:
- q-arm and p-arm respectively
- m-arm and n-arm respectively
- s-arm and l-arm respectively
- p-arm and q-arm respectively
Answer
(4) p-arm and q-arm respectively
Solution
In a submetacentric chromosome the centromere lies slightly away from the middle, so one arm is shorter than the other.
The shorter arm is called the p-arm (p for petite) and the longer arm the q-arm.
Answer: (4)