Associations to the word «Chromosome»

Wiktionary

CHROMOSOME, noun. (biology) (cytology) A structure in the cell nucleus that contains DNA, histone protein, and other structural proteins.

Dictionary definition

CHROMOSOME, noun. 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".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke