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Meaning of "heterochromosome" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROCHROMOSOME

heterochromosome  [ˌhɛtərəʊˈkrəʊməˌsəʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROCHROMOSOME

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterochromosome is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETEROCHROMOSOME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heterochromosome

Sex-determination system

A sex-determination system is a biological system that determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. Most sexual organisms have two sexes. Occasionally there are hermaphrodites in place of one or both sexes. There are also some species that are only one sex due to parthenogenesis, the act of a female reproducing without fertilization. In many species, sex determination is genetic: males and females have different alleles or even different genes that specify their sexual morphology. In animals this is often accompanied by chromosomal differences, generally through combinations of XY, ZW, XO, ZO chromosomes, or haplodiploidy. The sexual differentiation is generally triggered by a main gene, with a multitude of other genes following in a domino effect. In other cases, sex is determined by environmental variables or social variables. Environmental sex determination preceded the genetically determined systems; it is thought that a temperature-dependent amniote was the common ancestor of animals with sex chromosomes. Some species do not have a fixed sex, and instead change sex based on certain cues.

Definition of heterochromosome in the English dictionary

The definition of heterochromosome in the dictionary is an atypical chromosome, esp a sex chromosome. Other definition of heterochromosome is a chromosome composed mainly of heterochromatin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROCHROMOSOME


acrosome
ˈækrəˌsəʊm
autosome
ˈɔːtəˌsəʊm
centrosome
ˈsɛntrəˌsəʊm
chondriosome
ˈkɒndrɪəˌsəʊm
chromosome
ˈkrəʊməˌsəʊm
desmosome
ˈdɛsməˌsəʊm
dictyosome
ˈdɪktɪəˌsəʊm
elaiosome
ɪˈleɪəˌsəʊm
hydrosome
ˈhaɪdrəˌsəʊm
isochromosome
ˌaɪsəʊˈkrəʊməˌsəʊm
lysosome
ˈlaɪsəˌsəʊm
mesosome
ˈmɛsəˌsəʊm
monosome
ˈmɒnəˌsəʊm
nucleosome
ˈnjuːklɪəˌsəʊm
plasmosome
ˈplæzməˌsəʊm
polyribosome
ˌpɒlɪˈraɪbəˌsəʊm
ribosome
ˈraɪbəˌsəʊm
schistosome
ˈʃɪstəˌsəʊm
synaptosome
sɪˈnæptəˌsəʊm
trypanosome
ˈtrɪpənəˌsəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROCHROMOSOME

heterocarpous
heterocercal
heterocercality
heterocercy
heterochlamydeous
heterochromatic
heterochromatin
heterochromatism
heterochromous
heterochronic
heterochronism
heterochronous
heterochrony
heteroclite
heteroclitic
heteroclitous
heterocont
heterocycle
heterocyclic
heterocyst

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROCHROMOSOME

amplosome
awesome
cytosome
endosome
exposome
gonosome
karyosome
kinetosome
liposome
melanosome
merosome
microsome
phagosome
pyrosome
sarcosome
sex chromosome
twosome
urosome
X chromosome
X-chromosome
Y-chromosome

Synonyms and antonyms of heterochromosome in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterochromosome» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROCHROMOSOME

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The translations of heterochromosome from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterochromosome» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

heterochromosome
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterochromosome
570 millions of speakers

English

heterochromosome
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterochromosome
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صبغي مغاير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

heterochromosome
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterochromosome
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterochromosome
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heterochromosome
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterochromosome
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heterochromosome
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

染色体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heterochromosome
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterochromosome
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterochromosome
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல்லினநிறவுரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेट्रोरोकोमोसोम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterochromosome
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

heterochromosome
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterochromosome
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

heterochromosome
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterochromosome
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

heterochromosome
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterochromosome
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterochromosome
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterochromosome
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterochromosome

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHROMOSOME»

The term «heterochromosome» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHROMOSOME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heterochromosome» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heterochromosome» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterochromosome

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROCHROMOSOME»

Discover the use of heterochromosome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterochromosome and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
The first division is certainly cquational for three, probably for all, of the chromosomes, and the second is positively rcductional for the heterochromosome, and probably for all. The five chromatids which enter the second division form short ...
‎1834
2
Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
Nettie Stevens favored “heterochromosome” for the XX/XY type. The term “ heterochromosome” offered the additional advantage, over the term “accessory chromosome,” of highlighting the commonly observed size differential between the X ...
Sarah S. Richardson, 2013
3
The Biological Bulletin
The plasmosome is just above heterochromosome group. FIG. 2. Late prophase, first spermatocyte, spindle formed but nuclear membrane still intact. FIG. 3. Metaphase plate, first spermatocyte, showing heterochromosome group in center ; ...
Frank Rattray Lillie, Carl Richard Moore, Alfred Clarence Redfield, 1916
4
Memoirs of the University of California
Heterochromosome near upper margin of contraction figure. Case 6. Fig. 20. Synizesis with the heterochromosome at the lower edge. Case 6. Fig. 21. Pachynema, beginning of the unraveling. Typical heterochromosome present. Case 6. Fig.
University of California (1868-1952), 1929
5
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
In many species, the *Y chromosome is a heterochromosome. heterochromosome See HETEROCHRO— MATIN. n heterochrony The dissociation, during the development of factors of shape, size, and maturity, so that organisms mature in ...
Michael Allaby, 2012
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
A chromosome, or chromosome fragment, with a nearly terminal centromere ( Mayr 1982, 769; King and Stansfield 1985). cf. chromosome: metacentric chromosome, telocentric chromosome allosome, heterochromosome n. A chromosome, or ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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The 7 Sexes: Biology of Sex Determination
In 1905, Stevens noted the existence of what she called heterochromosomes to distinguish them from Montgomery's autosomes, or homologous pairs of chromosomes. There is a distinct heterochromosome found in both males and females.
Elof Axel Carlson, 2013
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Essentials Of Human Genetics (Rev)
Also referred to as heterochromosome. Heterochromosome: See heterochromatin. Heterodisomy: When in a cell both the homologous chromosomes are derived from a single parent and none mother or the father. Homologous chromosomes ...
Bhatnagar, S.M., 1999
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The Journal of experimental zoology
heterochromosome pair. 5 = division product of xi. jci larger heterochromosome. Fig. 1 Nucleus of resting spermatogonium. (H,) Figs. 2 and 3 Spcrmatogonial equatorial plates, 24 chromosomes. (Ei*) Fig. 4 Spermatogonial equatorial plate,  ...
Ross Granville Harrison, William Keith Brooks, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1910
10
Bryn Mawr College Monographs. Reprint Series
7 and 8. Anopheles punctipennis, resting spermatogonia. X =the hetero- chromosome. Fig. 9. Synizesis stage. Figs. 10-12. Growth stages. Fig. 13. Prophase. heterochromosome appears as a deeply staining mass of chromatin resting against ...
Bryn Mawr College, 1915

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