Compaction of the duplicated chromosomes during cell division (mitosis or meiosis) results either in a four-arm structure (pictured to the right) if the centromere is located in the middle of the chromosome or a two-arm structure if the centromere is located near one of the ends.
boycott definition: The definition of a boycott is a decision to not use or buy products or services in order to show support for a cause. (noun) An example of a boycott is not buying paper products made with rainforest wood to protest deforestation....
(The boycott was lifted in 1927 after the Swiss government expressed regret at what had happened and a willingness to make material compensation to the family of the murdered man.) A. I. IORISH (2) A more widely used form of boycott than the boycott in international law is the economic boycott. One of the first examples of the economic boycott was the boycott of goods imported from England by British colonists in North America in the mid-18th century.