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A chromosome

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noun

Genetics.

  1. any chromosome belonging to the normal set characteristic of a given species.

Etymology

Origin of A chromosome

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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A chromosome may contain tens of thousands of genes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

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