heterosome
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het·er·o·some
(het'ĕr-ō-sōm),In genetics, the chromosome pair that is different in the two sexes. See: sex chromosomes.
[hetero- + G. sōma, body]
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heterosome
see SEX CHROMOSOME.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005