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Chromosome

Chromosome Meaning & Definition
Chromosome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chromosome?

[n] a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chromosome:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Chromosome: accessory chromosome | allele | allelomorph | allosome | Altmann theory | autosome | birth | centromere | character | chromatid | chromatin | chromosome complement | chromosome number | De Vries theory | determinant | determiner | diathesis | diploid number | DNA | endowment | euchromosome | eugenics | factor | Galtonian theory | gene | genesiology | gene-string | genetic code | genetics | genome | haploid number | hereditability | heredity | heritability | heritage | heterochromosome | homologous chromosomes | idiochromosome | inborn capacity | inheritability | inheritance | matrocliny | Mendelianism | Mendelism | monosome | patrocliny | pharmacogenetics | polyploidy | recessive character | replication | RNA | sex chromosome | univalent chromosome | Verworn theory | W chromosome | Weismann theory | Weismannism | Wiesner theory | X chromosome | Y chromosome | Z chromosome

See Also | acentric chromosome | acrocentric chromosome | autosome | body | cell nucleus | centromere | chromatid | factor | gene | karyon | kinetochore | metacentric chromosome | nucleolar organiser | nucleolar organizer | nucleolus organiser | nucleolus organizer | nucleus | sex chromosome | somatic chromosome | telocentric chromosome | telomere

Chromosome In Webster's Dictionary

\Chro"mo*some`\, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.] (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the {idant} of Weismann.

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