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 word boycott entered the English language because of a dispute between a man named Boycott and the Irish Land League in 1880. Captain Charles Boycott was a British Army veteran who worked as a landlord's agent, a man whose job was to collect rents from tenant farmers on an estate in northwest Ireland.