chromosome

UK:  ['krəʊməsəʊm]

US:  ['kroʊmə.soʊm]

复数：chromosomes  

n.

1.〔遗〕染色体;染色质体

2.【生物学】染色体

1 . Down's syndrome mice have had a whole human chromosome added to their genome to help researchers learn more about the illness.
患唐氏综合征的老鼠在其基因组添加入了一条完整的人类染色体，以帮助研究人员对该疾病有更多的了解。

2 . One of the factors affected the result of chromosome automatic analysis system is the abnormal chromosome detection and processing.
影响染色体自动分析系统效果的主要因素之一是畸形染色体的自动检测与处理。

3 . Gloria Steinem, the founder of Ms magazine, says that "Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton" .
Ms杂志的创办人GloriaSteinem称“帕林和希拉里的共同点仅仅只在于一条染色体”。

4 . The rapid decline of the Y chromosome seems to have ground to a halt at least tens of millions of years ago.
Y染色体的快速衰退似乎在数千万年前就陷入了停滞。

5 . This syndrome is the result of an unbalanced translocation resulting in a deletion of the distal end of the short arm of the X chromosome.
这种综合征是一种不平衡的一对X染色体的短臂缺失导致远端移位的结果。