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Glossary Acceptor splice site？？The boundary between the 3’ end of an intron and the 5’ end of the following exon. Also called 3’ splice site. 剪接受体位点：内含子3′末端与下一个外显子5′端之间的交界处。又称3′剪接位点。 Acrocentric？？A type of chromosome with the centromere near one end. The human acrocentric chromosomes (13, 14, 15, 21, and 22) have satellited short arms that carry genes for ribosomal RNA. 近端着丝粒（染色体）：着丝粒位于接近染色体臂端部的染色体。人类近端着丝粒染色体（第13、14、15、21和22号）短臂的随体携带有编码核糖体RNA的基因。 Adverse selection？？A term used in the insurance industry to describe the situation in which individuals with private knowledge of having an increased