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chromosome美 ['kroʊmə.soʊm] 英 ['krəʊməsəʊm] n. genetic material,DNA,RNA 1. | 染色体one of the very small structures like threads in the nuclei (= central parts) of animal and plant cells, that carry the genes |
n. | 1. a rod-shaped structure, usually found in pairs in a cell nucleus, that carries the genes that determine sex and the characteristics an organism inherits from its parents. 2. a structure that looks like a very small piece of string and that exists, usually as one of a pair, in the central part of all living cells. Chromosomes contain genes. |
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