Chromosome



GRE

解释

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• n. 染色体
• ［记］ chrom ( 颜色) +o+some ( 体) ; 参考: somatic ( 身体的)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
• Date: 1889
• any of the rod-shaped or threadlike DNA-containing structures of cellular organisms that are located in the nucleus of eukaryotes, are usually ring-shaped in prokaryotes (as bacteria), and contain all or most of the genes of the organism; also the genetic material of a virus — compare chromatin
• ? chromosomal adjective
• ? chromosomally adverb

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