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X chromosomes

X chromosomes is the plural of X chromosome.

Meaning of X chromosome

Noun

X chromosome (plural X chromosomes)

  1. A mammalian sex chromosome: in the XY sex-determination system, cells of females typically have a pair of X chromosomes, while cells of males typically have an X and a Y.

Questions about X chromosomes

What is X chromosomes the plural of?
X chromosomes is the plural of X chromosome.

Words near X chromosomes in the dictionary

  1. w⚓s
  2. x
  3. X boson
  4. X bosons
  5. X chromosome
  6. X chromosomes
  7. X disease
  8. x factor
  9. x factors
  10. X Generation
  11. X irradiation

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