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a metacentric chromosome is one that has a centrally located centomere and chromosome arms with approximately equal length. which of the human chromosomesare metacentric

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Human chromosomes 1 and 3

Step-by-step explanation:

There are four types of chromosomes classified based on the position of their centromere. These chromosomes are metacentric, submetacentric, acrocentric and telocentric. As rightly stated in this question, metacentric chromosome is the chromosome that has a centrally located centomere making the chromosome arms to be approximately of equal length.

The metacentric type of chromosomes are present in humans as viewed using KARYOTYPE (a pictorial display of chromosome arrangement). Based on karyotyping, chromosomes 1 and 3 are METACENTRIC.

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