euchromosomen.
/juːˈkrəʊməsəʊm/ Biology.
= autosome n.
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chromoplastid1885
accessory chromosome1899
chromoplast1902
X1902
heterochromosome1904
idiochromosome1905
macrochromosome1905
allosome1906
autosome1906
monosome1906
sex chromosome1906
supernumerary1907
X chromosome1911
Y chromosome1911
univalent1912
euchromosome1914
W1917
monosome1921
tetrasome1921
trisome1921
heterosome1938
isochromosome1939
trisomic1939
metacentric1945
acrocentric1949
polycentric1953
Philadelphia chromosome1961
monocentric1979
1914 C. E. McClung in Jrnl. Morphol. 25 697 The word ‘euchromosome’ I shall employ to distinguish those without any marked peculiarities of form or behavior... ‘Heterochromosome’ might advantageously be used as an antonym.
1925 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) xi. 839 The autosomes or euchromosomes..include those [sc. chromosomes] of the more normal type.
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