Macrochromosome

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chromosome greater than 40 megabases in size.

    "The results showed that a short arm of a bi-armed macrochromosome pair was painted with GGA3 and a long arm with GGA5 and GGA7 in most species."

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"The results showed that a short arm of a bi-armed macrochromosome pair was painted with GGA3 and a long arm with GGA5 and GGA7 in most species."

Etymology

From macro- + chromosome.

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