Look up: Y Chromosome


  1. Y chromosome
    [n] - the sex chromosome that is carried by men
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  2. Y chromosome
    Human sex chromosome causing maleness
    Found op http://www.makingsenseofhealth.org.uk/default.asp?section=Secondary&chapter

  3. Y chromosome
    one of the two sex chromosomes; determines male sex characteristics
    Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=Y

  4. Y Chromosome
    The male sex chromosome, each male cell containing one Y and one X chromosome
    Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.asp

  5. Y chromosome
    Y chromosome: The sex chromosome found together with an X chromosome in most normal males. Once thought to be a genetic wasteland, the Y now is known to contain at least 20 genes, some of them unique to the Y including the male-determining gene and male fitness genes that are active only in the test...
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  6. Y chromosome
    Chromosome found only in the heterogametic sex. Thus in mammals the male has one Y chromosome and one X chromosome. One region of the Y chromosome, the pseudoautosomal region, is homologous to and pairs with the X chromosome. The primary determinant of male sexual development is found on the unpaire...
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  7. Y chromosome
    <genetics> The small chromosome that is male-determining in most mammal species and found only in the heterogametic sex. Thus in mammals the male has one Y chromosome and one X chromosome. One region of the Y chromosome, the pseudoautosomal region, is homologous to and pairs with the X chromos...
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  1. Y chromosome
    noun the sex chromosome that is carried by men; `human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome`
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  2. Y chromosome
    the sex chromosome present in human male somatic cells, but not female; carried by half the male gametes and none of the female gametes.
    Found op http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszS

  3. Y chromosome
    (from the article `Anthropology and Archaeology`) An international consortium of genome centres succeeded in determining almost all of the DNA sequence of the human X chromosome and documented the ... ...an autosomal or X-linked manner. Autosomal genes are those not located on the sex chromosomes, X...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/y/1

  4. Y chromosome
    The Y chromosome is one of the two sex-determining chromosomes in most mammals, including humans. In mammals, it contains the gene SRY, which triggers testis development if present. The human Y chromosome is composed of about 60 million base pairs. DNA in the Y chromosome is passed from father to s...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_chromosome

  5. Y chromosome
    One of the two sex chromosomes, X and Y.
    Found op http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/glossary/glossary.shtml

  6. Y Chromosome
    The sex chromosome that plays a role in the sex determination of a fertilized egg. Males have one X and one Y chromosome, while females have two X chromosomes.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/Y/1

  7. Y chromosome
    Smaller of the two sex chromosomes. In male mammals it occurs paired with the other type of sex chromosome (X), which carries far more genes. The Y chromosome is the smallest of all the mammalian chromosomes and is considered to be largely inert (that is, without direct effect on the physical body),...
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  8. Y chromosome
    One of the two sex chromosomes, X and Y.
    Found op http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/glossary/glossary_y.shtm

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