NOUN | body | somatic chromosome, autosome | any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome |
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Meaning | Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa. | |
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Synonym | autosome | |
Broader | chromosome | A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order |
Spanish | autosoma | |
Catalan | autosoma |
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