Chromosome - Law Dictionary Search Results
Chromosome
Matched in: Term Chromosome
X Chromosome
Matched in: Term X Chromosome
Plasmid
of DNA usually circular functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome but transferred like the chromosome to subsequent generations of daughter cells In
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centromeric
pertaining to the centromere the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis
chromatid
one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
Down syndrome
A congenital disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21 in some or all cells It causes a variable number and degree of abnormalities including retarded growth
Haploid
having half the number of chromosomes normally present in somatic cells having only one chromosome of each type and therefore having only one complete
VerbarHemophilia
abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X chromosome and therefore usually occurs only in males there are several specific forms It may be treated by administering
eucaryote
an organism with good or membrane bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes eucaryotes also have other membrane bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts within the cytoplasm enclosed by the
pachytene
The third stage of the prophase of meiosis the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed
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