y chromosome
IPA: wˈaɪkrˈoʊmʌsoʊm
Root Word: Y chromosome
noun
- (genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome, occurring only in male cells. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.
y-chromosome
IPA: ikrˈoʊmʌsoʊm
Root Word: Y-chromosome
noun
- (genetics) Alternative spelling of Y chromosome [(genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome, occurring only in male cells. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.]
Examples of "y-chromosome" in Sentences
- Other great moments in thinking with your y-chromosome here and here.
- The y-chromosome doesn't recombine (most of it anyway), and forms a nested hierarchy of descent.
- With all that is known about genetic alteration, why not study the y-chromosome to find the "root of evil," so to speak?
- Sometimes even within species we can observe a nested hierarchy, such as the human y-chromosome, often used in genealogy.
- Zachriel: Sometimes even within species we can observe a nested hierarchy, such as the human y-chromosome, often used in genealogy.
- If we turned, however, to science, to rout violence from human nature, it is possible to blame the y-chromosome, said to be the source of male violence.
- However, the male lineage and the female lineage each form a separate nested hierarchy as represented by the y-chromosome and the mitochondrial DNA respectively.