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X chromosome
noun as in sex chromosome
Example Sentences
Once it was shown that women can have a single X chromosome (just as men can have two of them) that was abandoned as well.
The multitask gene is obviously linked to the X chromosome, because I know of no men who carry the trait.
This X chromosome has also the factor for the development of red-eye pigment.
The chromosome situation in Protenor is a somewhat extreme case, inasmuch as one X chromosome is entirely lacking in the male.
The normal red-eyed Drosophila has one kind of eggs, each possessing one X chromosome.
In the latter case an egg without an X chromosome is produced.
We are justified, therefore, in speaking of the factors carried by the X chromosome as sex-linked.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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