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• X chromosome (noun)
  1. [countable] a type of CHROMOSOME that exists in pairs in female cells, and together with a Y CHROMOSOME in male cells
• Y chromosome (noun)
  1. the part of a GENE that makes someone a male instead of a female [↪  X chromosome]
• acentric chromosome (noun)
  1. a chromosome lacking a centromere
• acrocentric chromosome (noun)
  1. a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long
• chromosome mapping (noun)
  1. genetics the process of locating genes on a chromosome
• metacentric chromosome (noun)
  1. a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position
• sex chromosome (noun)
  1. genetics a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual
• somatic chromosome (noun)
  1. any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
• telocentric chromosome (noun)
  1. a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position
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