- 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: WATSON, J.D., BAKER, T.A., BELL, S.P., GANN, A., LEVINE, M. and LOSICK, R. (2004) Molecular Biology of the Gene, 5th Ed., Pearson: San Francisco (p. 39)
- Definition: HARTL, D. & RUVOLO, M. (2011) Genetics. Analysis of Genes and Genomes, 7th. Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Mississauga. (p. 131)
- Context: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 102).
- Expression: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 133).
- Images:
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