How to Use chromosome in a Sentence

chromosome

noun
Definition of chromosomenext
  • Eggs would be subjected to pressure to force them to retain a third set of chromosomes, making the fish triploid and sterile.
    — Author: Evan Bush, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2019
  • In a nutshell, telomeres are caps found at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • As cells age, their telomeres shorten, and chromosomes in turn stop the cell from dividing further, Chen says.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The design represents the three copies of the 21st chromosome that result in the condition.
    — Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The results confirm that mammoths, like modern elephants, had 28 chromosomes.
    — Richard Stone, science.org, 11 July 2024
  • The chromosome is thus transmitted to offspring via the mother exclusively.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2019
  • In humans, for example, egg, sperm and stem cell chromosomes contain high levels of telomerase, and so can continue to divide over and over and avoid rapid aging.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Hsieh and his colleagues looked for larger differences, in which tens of thousands of base pairs had either disappeared from the chromosome or had been repeated more times than usual.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Among her discoveries was a DNA sequence that can move within a chromosome and cause mutations.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • Telomerase is the enzyme that creates the DNA of telomeres, the compound structures located at the tips of our chromosomes.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • That meant that the DNA — including the physical structures of the chromosomes — remained intact.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2024
  • Warren has that extra something — the rare gene on the E! chromosome, for entertainer, maybe? — that separates a workmanlike portrayal from a great one.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • As our cells divide, the chromosomes within them that carry the recipe for all cellular functions progressively shorten, because the replication machinery cannot get right to their tips.
    — William Mair, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The team took each chromosome from a mouse and then broke them down.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Women have two copies of this chromosome — along with two copies of each gene.
    — NBC News, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The name of the business is a sweet nod to the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2020
  • All of our cells have the TERT gene embedded in their chromosomes.
    — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Telomeres are the protective caps on the ends of cell chromosomes.
    — Mikayla Morell, Health, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But through the lens, Bianchi saw the unmistakable glimmer of Y chromosomes—dozens and dozens of them.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Narrowing the stretch of the chromosome down to a single gene took years of detective work.
    — Rachel Fritts, Science | AAAS, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Most people have only two copies of each chromosome and so would have only two copies of these genes.
    — Joaquin Espinosa, The Conversation, 5 June 2023
  • The best measure of that number comes from our telomeres—strands of DNA that cap chromosomes and protect genes.
    — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The asymmetrical point creates one long arm and one short arm on the chromosome.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2021
  • In this disorder, there’s an error in the chromosome, which causes the kidneys to dump phosphate in the urine.
    — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • To American girls -- those born with XX chromosomes -- the message is, 'Give up.
    — Fox News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The shoe also has the number 23 to signify this year, Michael Jordan and pairs of chromosomes.
    — Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This means humans are diploid, or contain two full sets of chromosomes.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2020
  • These allow a gene to copy itself from one chromosome in a pair to the other so it will be passed on to almost all offspring.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Because of birds’ chromosome system—ZZ makes males and ZW makes females—all avian parthenotes are males.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021
  • As a creature evolves, chromosomes will rearrange and genes will move around over time.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023

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