Vi fant 4 definisjoner av chromosome på engelsk.
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| chromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes" | ||
| body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" | ||
| cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | ||
| nucleolar organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolus organizer the particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division | ||
| chromatin, chromatin granule the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes | ||
| cistron, gene, factor (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" | ||
| sex chromosome (genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes" | ||
| autosome, somatic chromosome any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa | ||
| chromatid one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | ||
| centromere, kinetochore a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence" | ||
| acentric chromosome a chromosome lacking a centromere | ||
| acrocentric chromosome a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long | ||
| metacentric chromosome a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position | ||
| telocentric chromosome a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position | ||
