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SOMATIC CHROMOSOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does somatic chromosome mean?
• SOMATIC CHROMOSOME (noun)
The noun SOMATIC CHROMOSOME has 1 sense:
1. any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Familiarity information: SOMATIC CHROMOSOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
autosome; somatic chromosome
Hypernyms ("somatic chromosome" is a kind of...):
chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)
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