主缢痕：中期染色体上一个染色较浅而缢缩的部位，主缢痕处有着丝粒，所以亦称着丝粒区，由于这一区域染色线的螺旋化程序低，DNA含量少，所以染色很浅或不着色。
着丝点是染色体的主缢痕，在这个地方姐妹染色单体连在一起。
Centromere is the primary constriction on the chromosome, a region at which the sister chromatids are held together.
染色体的主缢痕，使姐妹染色单体连在一起，在其两侧各有一个由蛋白构成的动粒。
Centromere --- The primary constriction on the chromosome, a region at which the sister chromatids are held together and at which the kinetochore is formed.
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