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Y chromosome

noun as in sex chromosome

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Carried distinctly through men, the Y chromosome only gives a portion of the entire mitochondrial DNA.

There is in the male, in addition to the X, also a Y chromosome, which acts as its mate in synapsis and reduction.

The X chromosome in the male is represented by an open bar, the Y chromosome is bent.

Other evidence has shown that the Y chromosome of the male is indifferent, so far as these Mendelian factors are concerned.

The females that gave these results were found by Bridges to have two X's and a Y chromosome.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Y chromosome, such as: heterochromosome, idiochromosome, sex chromatid, sex chromatin, and x chromosome.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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