monochromosome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mono- + chromosome
Noun[edit]
monochromosome (plural monochromosomes)
- A single chromosome
- 2015 August 1, Georgina L. Ryland et al., “Loss of heterozygosity: what is it good for?”, in BMC Medical Genomics[1], volume 8, :
- Chromosome complementation studies, where all or part of a chromosome is introduced into cell lines with LOH of that chromosome via microcell-mediated monochromosome transfer, have frequently been able to show reduction in tumorigenicity of the cell line thus complemented, but have only rarely been able to implicate a single gene responsible.