isochromosome /iso·chro·mo·some/ (-kro´mah-sōm) an abnormal chromosome having a median centromere and two identical arms, formed by transverse, rather than normal longitudinal, splitting of a replicating chromosome.
isochromosome
i·so·chro·mo·some (  s -kr  m-sm)n. A chromosomal aberration in which two daughter chromosomes are formed, each lacking one chromosome arm but with the other arm doubled. |
isochromosome
[-krō′məsōm]
a chromosome whose arms are of equal length.
isochromosome
an abnormal chromosome having a median centromere and two identical arms, formed by transverse, rather than normal longitudinal, splitting of a replicating chromosome.
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