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pseudoautosomal

pseudoautosomal adjective: describing genes in the X- and Y- chromosomes that behave like autosomes during meiosis.

Adjective

pseudoautosomal (not comparable)

  1. Describing genes in the X- and Y- chromosomes that behave like autosomes during meiosis

Origin of pseudoautosomal

From pseudo- + autosomal.

Questions about pseudoautosomal

What does pseudoautosomal mean?
Pseudoautosomal means describing genes in the X- and Y- chromosomes that behave like autosomes during meiosis.
What part of speech is pseudoautosomal?
Pseudoautosomal is an adjective.

Words near pseudoautosomal in the dictionary

  1. pseudoatomic
  2. pseudoatoms
  3. pseudoatrophy
  4. pseudoautochiria
  5. pseudoautomatic
  6. pseudoautosomal
  7. pseudoautosomic
  8. pseudoaxes
  9. pseudoaxial
  10. pseudoaxis
  11. pseudoazimuthal

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