(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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(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male who has two Y 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.Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
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) 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.One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
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"
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an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen.; "The term ambo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.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, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.A reed; a pipe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.A reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.The complete set of genes or genetic material in an organism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, abnormal, complement, hormones, male.(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
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