chromosome
A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
Example
“Chromosomes store genetic information.”
Related words
- B chromosome
- chromosomal
- chromosome conformation capture
- chromosome number
- chromosomed
- chromosomic
- chromosomology
- diplochromosome
- euchromosome
- genome
- heterochromosome
- idiochromosome
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "χρῶμα" (colour).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chromosome” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.