Concept information
Preferred term
Sex Chromosomes
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Definition
- The homologous chromosomes that are dissimilar in the heterogametic sex. There are the X CHROMOSOME, the Y CHROMOSOME, and the W, Z chromosomes (in animals in which the female is the heterogametic sex (the silkworm moth Bombyx mori, for example)). In such cases the W chromosome is the female-determining and the male is ZZ. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Gonosomes
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
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- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
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In other languages
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French
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Gonosomes
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Hétérochromosomes
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WFW32Z53-Z
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