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
When meiosis begins, homologous chromosomes arrange themselves into elongated structures organized along a backbone called the axis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 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
Diploid organisms that are homozygous for a gene have two identical alleles, one on each of their homologous chromosomes.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
In this case also each pair would be formed by two homologous chromosomes, the one of paternal, the other of maternal origin.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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