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Synonyms for chromosome


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kroh-muh-sohm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkroʊ məˌsoʊm



Définition of chromosome

Origin :
  • 1889, from German Chromosom, coined 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), from Latinized form of Greek khroma "color" (see chroma) + -some (3)). So called because the structures contain a substance that stains readily with basic dyes.
  • As in DNA : noun deoxyribonucleic acid
Example sentences :
  • We interpret this to mean that sable is far from yellow in the chromosome.
  • Extract from : « Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • The locus of miniature at 36.1 is slightly beyond the middle of the chromosome.
  • Extract from : « Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • Non-disjunction as proof of the chromosome theory of heredity.
  • Extract from : « Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • Purple is an eye-color whose gen is in the second chromosome.
  • Extract from : « Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • On the morphology of the chromosome group in Brachystola magna.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Spermatogenesis » by Nettie Maria Stevens
  • Lindstrom of Iowa has led in research on the genetics of tomatoes, chromosome relations and mode of inheritance.
  • Extract from : « The Tomato » by Paul Work
  • Diploid (2n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in late prophase and metaphase of mitosis.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • Haploid (n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in diakinesis, metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • In consequence a part of one chromosome comes to be now on one side and now on the other side of its mate.
  • Extract from : « A Critique of the Theory of Evolution » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • There is a considerable body of information that we have obtained that corroborates the location of the factors in the chromosome.
  • Extract from : « A Critique of the Theory of Evolution » by Thomas Hunt Morgan

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