chromosome
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1. a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | body, |
| definition | : | an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | sex chromosome, |
| definition | : | (genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | autosome, somatic chromosome, |
| definition | : | any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | acrocentric chromosome, |
| definition | : | a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | metacentric chromosome, |
| definition | : | a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | telocentric chromosome, |
| definition | : | a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | chromatin, chromatin granule, |
| definition | : | the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | cistron, factor, gene, |
| definition | : | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | chromatid, |
| definition | : | one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | centromere, kinetochore, |
| definition | : | a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | telomere, |
| definition | : | either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus, |
| definition | : | a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | chromosomal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a chromosome (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | chromosomal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a chromosome (adj.pert) |
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