chromosomes

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The small bodies in the nucleus of a cell that carry the chemical “instructions” for reproduction of the cell. They consist of strands of DNA wrapped in a double helix around a core of proteins. Each species of plant or animal has a characteristic number of chromosomes. For human beings, for example, it is forty-six.

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In humans, sex is determined by two chromosomes: an X-chromosome, which is female, and a Y-chromosome, which is male. (See sex chromosomes.)

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Name some aspect of the horizontal polka and it has probably been discussed endlessly among human beings with two X chromosomes.
C’mon, Ladies, Masturbation Isn’t Just for Bad Girls|Emily Shire|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Telomeres are the tips at the ends of our chromosomes that protect our DNA.
The New Science of Reverse Aging|Danielle Friedman|November 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But the deal brings ABC two vital assets: star-power and X chromosomes.
The Courting of Christiane|Rebecca Dana|March 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And androgen insensitivity syndrome, which can cause people born with XY chromosomes (male typical) to appear feminine.
Don't Call Them Hermaphrodites|Joseph Huff-Hannon|September 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

You appear to be a generation with a lot fewer selfish chromosomes and a lot more socially responsible DNA.
A Manifesto for Young Voters|Mark McKinnon, Rob Shepardson|May 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When a cell division takes place, the nucleus breaks up into a number of thread-like portions which are known as chromosomes.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
This is called maturation, or the maturation division, and the new cells have only half the original number of chromosomes.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
Each of these divides again by mitosis (the chromosomes splitting lengthwise), the half or haploid number remaining.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
That means that there is a determiner for it which is grouped with other determiners in one of the chromosomes.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin
We now know that these chromosomes are the actual controllers of heredity.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin

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