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chromosomes
noun(chro-mo-some)
any of the rod-shaped or threadlike DNA-containing structures of cellular organisms that are located in the nucleus of eukaryotes, are usually ring-shaped in prokaryotes (such as bacteria), and contain all or most of the genes of the organism; also : the genetic material of a virus
chromosomes
noun(chro-mo-some)
a greatly enlarged diplotene chromosome that has apparently filamentous granular loops extending from the chromomeres and is characteristic of some animal oocytes
chromosomes
noun(chro-mo-some)
a chromosome that is inherited differently in the two sexes, that is concerned directly with the inheritance of sex, and that is the seat of factors governing the inheritance of various sex-linked and sex-limited characters
chromosomes
noun(chro-mo-some)
a sex chromosome that usually occurs paired in each female cell and single in each male cell in species in which the male typically has two unlike sex chromosomes
chromosomes
noun(chro-mo-some)
a sex chromosome that is characteristic of male cells in species in which the male typically has two unlike sex chromosomes

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