homologous chromosomes
Britishplural noun
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Typically, most animal and plant species exhibit a minimum of one and a maximum of three crossovers per a pair of homologous chromosomes.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024
Chromosomes come in pairs called homologous chromosomes that carry the genes we inherited from each of our parents -- one from our mom, one from our dad.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
When meiosis begins, homologous chromosomes arrange themselves into elongated structures organized along a backbone called the axis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
We now know that these so-called unit factors are actually genes on homologous chromosomes.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
In Ascaris megalocephala var. univalens, where the somatic number is only two, the association must necessarily be between homologous chromosomes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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