pseudochromosome

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ chromosome

Noun

pseudochromosome (plural pseudochromosomes)

  1. A transitory structure, similar to a chromosome
    • 2015 July 2, Ilya V. Kirov, Katrijn Van Laere, Ludmila I. Khrustaleva, “High resolution physical mapping of single gene fragments on pachytene chromosome 4 and 7 of Rosa”, in BMC Genetics‎, volume 16, DOI:10.1186/s12863-015-0233-9:
      Tyramide-FISH results on mitotic chromosomes showed that OOMT and PAL genes, belonging to the same pseudochromosome FvChr6 of F.vesca, were located on two different chromosomes (chromosome 1 and 7) in R. wichurana [ 29 ].
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