- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 109
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Diana MOŢOC, Elena SERRANO BERTOS, Rosario HERRERO, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: sex chromosome(s)
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Chromosomes responsible for determination of the separate sexes in some plants and in nearly all animals.
- Context: There are two types of chromosomes, those concerned with sex determination which are referred to as sex chromosomes, and the remainder which are referred to as the autosomes.
- Expression: Sex chromosome abnormalities, sex chromosome constitution, sex chromosome specialization, sex chromosome degeneration, sex chromosome aneuploidy(ies)
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/divers/ chromosome/33827
- Definition: http://www.vulgaris-medical.com/encyclopedie-medicale/chromosomes-sexuels
- Context: http://www.vulgaris-medical.com/encyclopedie-medicale/chromosomes-sexuels
- Images:
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