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Concept information
Preferred term
chromosomes
Type
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Topic
Definition
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In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- acrocentric chromosomes
- autosomes
- bacterial artificial chromosomes
- B chromosomes
- centromeres
- chiasmata
- chromatids
- chromatin
- loci
- metacentric chromosomes
- nucleolus organizer region
- polytene chromosomes
- sex chromosomes
- submetacentric chromosomes
- telocentric chromosomes
- telomeres
- yeast artificial chromosomes
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/276
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