homologous chromosomesnoun [ plural ]
uk/həˌmɒl.ə.ɡəs ˈkrəʊ.mə.səʊmz/us/hoʊˌmɑː.lə.ɡəs ˈkroʊ.mə.soʊmz/specializedtwo chromosomes (= cell parts that control what an animal or plant is like), one from the father and one from the mother, that come together during meiosis (= cell division that happens as part of reproduction)
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- anaphase
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- cell wall
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- gamete
- hemoglobin
- histology
- mitochondrial
- mitochondrion
- monoclonal
- motor neuron
- neoplasia
- nerve cell
- neuron
- platelet
- prokaryotic
- respiration
- unicellular
- vacuole
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