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1. (n.) chromosome
one of a set of threadlike structures, composed of DNA and a protein, that form in the nucleus when the cell begins to divide and that carry the genes which determine an individual's hereditary traits.
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1. (noun) chromosome
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
"humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
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1. (noun) CHROMOSOME
one of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann
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