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Sex Chromosomes  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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)

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • Gonosomes

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WFW32Z53-Z

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 08/07/2008