(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…
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Metacentric chromosome
a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position
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(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes"
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a female
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male resulting in Klinefelter's syndrome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) normal complement of sex hormones in a male
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male who has two Y chromosomes
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.the sex chromosome that is present in both sexes: singly in males and doubly in females; "human females normally have two X chromosome…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.
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(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.a gene located on a Y chromosome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, equal, arms, centromere, median.
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