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Definition of Somatic chromosome
1. Noun. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatic Chromosome
Literary usage of Somatic chromosome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"The male somatic chromosome complex consists of 3 macro-, 16 meso-, and 2
w-chromosomes, which is the same as is found in the spermatogonia. 5. ..."
2. A Textbook of General Embryology by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"Since this numerical difference between the somatic chromosome groups is constantly
associated with sex-difference, males possessing twenty-one, ..."
3. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"Bull. Natl. Inst. Agrobiol. Resour. 4:153-176. Fukui K, lijima K (1991) Somatic
chromosome map of rice by imaging methods. Theor. Appl. Genet. ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"A Nordic data base on somatic chromosome damage in humans. Nordic Study Group on
the Health Risk of Chromosome Damage. Mutation Research 241 (3):325-37, ..."
5. Rice Biotechnology by Gurdev S. Khush, Gary H. Toenniessen (1991)
"Fukui K, lijima K (1991) somatic chromosome map of rice by imaging methods. Theor.
Appl. Genet. 81:589-596. Hu CH (1964) Further studies on the chromosome ..."
6. Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Workshop at Lusaka by International Rice Research Institute (1986)
"IRRI has followed the pachytene chromosome numbering system of Shastry et al (32),
and Kyushu University has used the somatic chromosome numbering system of ..."