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Question:

The shorter and longer arms of a submetacentric chromosome are referred to as s-arm and l-arm respectively, p-arm and q-arm respectively, or m-arm and n-arm respectively?

s-arm and l-arm respectively

p-arm and q-arm respectively

m-arm and n-arm respectively

q-arm and p-arm respectively

Solution:

Correct option is B. p-arm and q-arm respectively
Sub metacentric chromosome is Heterobrachial.Short arm designated as 'p' arm, p stands for petite/short and the long arm designated as 'q' arm.So, the correct answer is 'p-arm and q-arm respectively'