Definitions for: Chromosome


[n] a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order



Webster (1913) Definition: Chro"mo*some`, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.]
(Biol.)
One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the
nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant
of Weismann.

See Also: acentric chromosome, acrocentric chromosome, autosome, body, cell nucleus, centromere, chromatid, factor, gene, karyon, kinetochore, metacentric chromosome, nucleolar organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolus organizer, nucleus, sex chromosome, somatic chromosome, telocentric chromosome, telomere

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