Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 12 compound words that contain chromosomes. The most common are listed below. Open chromosomes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- B chromosomesplural of B chromosome: A supernumerary or accessory chromosome, one that is not essential for the life of a species and does not occur in all individuals.
- ring chromosomesplural of ring chromosome: A chromosome whose arms have fused together to form a ring.
- sex chromosomesplural of sex chromosome: Either of a pair of chromosomes (in most animals and plants) whose combination determines the sexual characteristics of an individual.
- X-chromosomesplural of X-chromosome: A mammalian sex chromosome: in the XY sex-determination system, cells of females typically have a pair of X chromosomes, while cells of males typically have an X and a Y.
- Y-chromosomesplural of Y-chromosome: A mammalian sex chromosome: in the XY sex-determination system, cells of females typically have a pair of X chromosomes, while cells of males typically have an X and a Y.
- yeast artificial chromosomesplural of yeast artificial chromosome: A genetically engineered chromosome derived from the DNA of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is then ligated into a bacterial plasmid.
- Ph chromosomesplural of Ph chromosome: The Philadelphia chromosome.
- Philadelphia chromosomesplural of Philadelphia chromosome: Human chromosome 22, after it has, pathologically, traded some of its genetic material with chromosome 9; this often causes chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- W chromosomesplural of W chromosome: The smaller chromosome that has fewer genes, in the ZW system.
- Z chromosomesplural of Z chromosome: The larger chromosome that has more genes, in the ZW system.
- lampbrush chromosomesplural of lampbrush chromosome: A form of chromosome formed of a series of chromomeres with large chromatin loops extended laterally
Compound words 12
- pseudochromosomesplural of pseudochromosome: A pseudomolecule representing a chromosome.
- autochromosomesplural of autochromosome: Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
- heterochromosomesplural of heterochromosome: A sex chromosome
- isochromosomesplural of isochromosome: An abnormal chromosome in which one arm has been lost and replaced with an exact copy of the other arm.
- macrochromosomesplural of macrochromosome: A chromosome greater than 40 megabases in size.
- microchromosomesplural of microchromosome: A very small chromosome found in birds and some reptiles
- minichromosomesplural of minichromosome: A structure, resembling chromatin, formed from the DNA of a virus and histones from the host.
- monochromosomesplural of monochromosome: A single chromosome
- nanochromosomesplural of nanochromosome: An extremely short chromosome, typically hosting just a single gene
- neochromosomesplural of neochromosome: A chromosome that does not occur normally in nature; especially one associated with a cancer