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Definition of Isochromosome
1. Noun. (cytology) An abnormal chromosome in which one arm has been lost and replaced with an exact copy of the other arm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isochromosome
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Isochromosome
1. An abnormal chromosome with two identical arms due to duplication of one arm and loss of the other arm. (found in some girls with turner syndrome and in tumours.) (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isochromosome
Literary usage of Isochromosome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"ing colchicine to hexaploid wheat which possessed an isochromosome. ... The 5DL
isochromosome can be considered representative of ..."
2. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... nails isochromosome a chromosomal aberration, occurring during meiosis, in
which two daughter chromosomes are formed each lacking one chromosome arm but ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"ing colchicine to hexaploid wheat which possessed an isochromosome. ... The 5DL
isochromosome can be considered representative of ..."
4. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... nails isochromosome a chromosomal aberration, occurring during meiosis, in
which two daughter chromosomes are formed each lacking one chromosome arm but ..."
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