monochromosome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mono- +‎ chromosome

Noun[edit]

monochromosome (plural monochromosomes)

  1. 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, →DOI:
      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.