A chromosome with a very long arm and a very short arm is termed as

Telocentric

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Acrocentric

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Metacentric

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Sub-Metacentric

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Solution

The correct option is B Acrocentric
Acrocentric chromosomes are chromosomes in which the centromere is located quite near one end of the chromosome.
A telocentric chromosome has its centromere located at the terminal end of the chromosome.
A chromosome is metachentric if its two arms are equally sized.
Submetacentric chromosomes have the centromere slightly offset from the center leading to a slight asymmetry in the length of the two arms.

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