Usually means: Sex-determining chromosome in organisms.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterochromosome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. heterochromosome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heterochromosome: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heterochromosome: Wordnik
  5. heterochromosome: Wiktionary
  6. heterochromosome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. heterochromosome: Dictionary.com
  8. heterochromosome: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterochromosome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. heterochromosome: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterochromosome)

▸ noun:  (genetics) A sex chromosome
▸ noun:  (genetics) A chromosome rich in heterochromatin

Similar:
heterosome, heterodiploid, heterodisomy, heterokaryotype, heteroploidy, heterochiasmy, heterogenotype, homoeologue, heteroallele, idiochromosome, more...

Opposite:
autosome, sex chromosome

Types:
sex chromosome, autosome, more...

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Similar:
heterosome, heterodiploid, heterodisomy, heterokaryotype, heteroploidy, heterochiasmy, heterogenotype, homoeologue, heteroallele, idiochromosome, more...

Opposite:
autosome, sex chromosome

Types:
sex chromosome, autosome, more...



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