Question

The shorter and longer arms of a submetacentric chromosome are referred to as:

• A. m-arm and n-arm respectively
• B. s-arm and l-arm respectively
• C. p-arm and q-arm respectively
• D. q-arm and p-arm respectively

Answer 1

The correct option is C p-arm and q-arm respectively

The sub-metacentric chromosome has the centromere slightly away from the middle region resulting in one shorter arm p (p stands for petite) and one longer arm q (q for queue).