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"humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"nouna threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear ordertype of:part of:
Definition that contains chromosome
- double used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- map locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences
- morgan United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)
- xxx (genetics) abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a female
- mapping (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
- genome the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
- crossover the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- xx (genetics) normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female
- locus the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- inversion (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed