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somatic chromosome

DEFINITIONS OF: somatic chromosome

1

n any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa

Synonyms:
autosome
Type of:
chromosome
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
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