Definition of Somatic chromosome

1. Noun. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa.

Exact synonyms: Autosome
Generic synonyms: Chromosome
Derivative terms: Autosomal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatic Chromosome

somatasthenia
somatatesthesis
somatesthesia
somatesthetic
somatic
somatic agglutinin
somatic antigen
somatic arteries
somatic cell
somatic cell gene therapy
somatic cell hybridization
somatic cell nuclear transfer
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic cells
somatic chromosome (current term)
somatic crossing-over
somatic death
somatic delusion
somatic hybrid
somatic layer
somatic mesoderm
somatic mitosis
somatic motor neuron
somatic motor nuclei
somatic mutation
somatic mutation theory of cancer
somatic nerve
somatic nervous system
somatic nucleus

Literary usage of Somatic chromosome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"The male somatic chromosome complex consists of 3 macro-, 16 meso-, and 2 w-chromosomes, which is the same as is found in the spermatogonia. 5. ..."

2. A Textbook of General Embryology by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"Since this numerical difference between the somatic chromosome groups is constantly associated with sex-difference, males possessing twenty-one, ..."

3. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"Bull. Natl. Inst. Agrobiol. Resour. 4:153-176. Fukui K, lijima K (1991) Somatic chromosome map of rice by imaging methods. Theor. Appl. Genet. ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"A Nordic data base on somatic chromosome damage in humans. Nordic Study Group on the Health Risk of Chromosome Damage. Mutation Research 241 (3):325-37, ..."

5. Rice Biotechnology by Gurdev S. Khush, Gary H. Toenniessen (1991)
"Fukui K, lijima K (1991) somatic chromosome map of rice by imaging methods. Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:589-596. Hu CH (1964) Further studies on the chromosome ..."

6. Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Workshop at Lusaka by International Rice Research Institute (1986)
"IRRI has followed the pachytene chromosome numbering system of Shastry et al (32), and Kyushu University has used the somatic chromosome numbering system of ..."

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