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单词 chromosomes
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chromosomes

[ (kroh-muh-sohmz) ]

The small bodies in the nucleus of a cell that carry the chemical “instructions” for reproduction of the cell. They consist of strands of DNA wrapped in a double helix around a core of proteins. Each species of plant or animal has a characteristic number of chromosomes. For human beings, for example, it is forty-six.

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In humans, sex is determined by two chromosomes: an X-chromosome, which is female, and a Y-chromosome, which is male. (See sex chromosomes.)

Words nearby chromosomes

chromosome aberration, chromosome band, chromosome map, chromosome mapping, chromosome number, chromosomes, chromosphere, chromous, chromy, chromyl, chron-
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