(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.Somatic chromosome
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
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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.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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one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.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: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genom…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chromosome, appear, pairs, body, cells.Explore Academic Dictionary
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