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chro·mo·somes
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Chromosomes
In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chromosomes in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chromosomes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of chromosomes in a Sentence
The telomeres are the things that are in our chromosomes that are indications of our physical age, so as we age, they get shorter – mine got longer in space, so it was a little bit like the fountain of youth – unfortunately when I got back down to Earth they went back down to where they were.
Endocrine abnormalities can cause it, low testosterone can be a factor, there are genetic causes of infertility in men and some of it is chromosomal, in that they are missing a piece or have extra chromosomes, infectious disease like mumps or sexually transmitted diseases and infections can have an impact on sperm production as well.
Even though [ females ] might have a full mutation on one of their X chromosomes.
Even if two got in, an embryo with three rather than the normal two sets of chromosomes won't survive as a fetus.
We believe that after the master sex gene on the sex chromosomes does its work, a cascade of gene regulatory processes (those governing development) is initiated leading to a male or a female hatchling reptile, for the most part, these regulatory processes are buffered in some way from varying temperatures in the nest, but only to a point. At high temperatures, the control of the master sex genes is eroded, and temperature brings in its influence.
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