(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.Sex chromosome
(genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes"
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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) 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.the sex chromosome that is carried by men; "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.Words connected by meaning
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A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.(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: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.(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: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.(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: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, chromosome, determines, individual, mammals.Explore Academic Dictionary
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