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Assertion :The acrocentric chromosome has centromere at the terminal position Reason: The metacentric chromosome has centromere slightly away from the middle of the chromosome

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Based on the position of the centromere, the chromosomes can be classified into four types: metacentric (centromere middle), sub-metacentric (centromere slightly away from middle), acrocentric (Centromere close to end) and telocentric (terminal centromere)

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