Y chromosome

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Y chromosome

noun

biology : a chromosome that is found withthe X chromosome in the cells of malemammals and that is absent from the cells offemale mammals

Full Definition

: a sex chromosome that is characteristic ofmale cells in species in which the maletypically has two unlike sex chromosomes -compare x chromosome

First use: 1911

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