chromosome
noun
1 chromosome
A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order.
Roget 357:
organized world,
organized nature;
living nature,
animated nature;
living beings;
organic remains,
fossils.
protoplasm,
cytoplasm,
protein;
albumen;
structure
etc.
329;
organization,
organism.
[Science of living beings]
biology;
natural history,
organic chemistry,
anatomy,
physiology;
zoology
etc.
368;
botany;
microbiology,
virology,
bacteriology,
mycology
etc.
369;
naturalist.
archegenesis
etc.
(production)
161†;
antherozoid†,
bioplasm†,
biotaxy†,
chromosome,
dysmeromorph†;
ecology,
oecology;
erythroblast [Physio.],
gametangium†,
gamete,
germinal matter,
invagination [Biol.];
isogamy†,
oogamy†;
karyaster†;
macrogamete†,
microgamete†;
metabolism,
anabolism,
catabolism;
metaplasm†,
ontogeny,
ovary,
ovum,
oxidation,
phylogeny,
polymorphism,
protozoa,
spermary†,
spermatozoon,
trophoplasm†,
vacuole,
vertebration†,
zoogloea†,
zygote.
Darwinism,
neo-Darwinism,
Lamarkism,
neoLamarkism,
Weismannism.
morphology,
taxonomy.
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Dutch: chromosoom
Polish: chromosom
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