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sex chromosomes

sex chromosomes is the plural of sex chromosome.

Meaning of sex chromosome

Noun

sex chromosome (plural sex chromosomes)

  1. Either of a pair of chromosomes (in most animals and plants) whose combination determines the sexual characteristics of an individual.

Questions about sex chromosomes

What is sex chromosomes the plural of?
Sex chromosomes is the plural of sex chromosome.

Words near sex chromosomes in the dictionary

  1. sex cells
  2. sex change
  3. sex changes
  4. sex characteristic
  5. sex chromosome
  6. sex chromosomes
  7. sex club
  8. sex clubs
  9. sex comb
  10. sex combs
  11. sex comedies

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