Meaning Of The Word Y-chromosome

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Y-chromosome? Find Y-chromosome meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Y-chromosome Meaning

Y-chromosome Definition
Y-chromosome Definition

What's The Definition Of Y-chromosome?

Y chromosome
countable noun: A Y chromosome is the chromosome in a man's cells which will produce a male baby if it joins with a female's X chromosome. Y chromosomes are associated with male characteristics. Compare X chromosome.

Y chromosome in American English
noun: a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome

Y-chromosome in British English
noun: the sex chromosome that occurs as one of a pair with the X-chromosome in the diploid cells of the males of many animals, including humans

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Declaim ‐ to recite (a poem, speech, etc.); to recite a…
  • Enantiomorphy ‐ noun: the state of being…
  • Dolerite ‐ diabase (sense 2); noun: a coarse-grained variety…
  • Coking ‐ noun: Coking is the process of changing residual…
  • File cabinet ‐ countable noun: A file cabinet is a piece of office…
  • Outwear ‐ to wear out; use up; transitive verb: to wear…
  • Helmont ‐ noun: Jan Baptista van (jɑːn bɑːpˈtɪstɑː…
  • Hispaniola ‐ island in the West Indies, between Cuba & Puerto…
  • Register ‐ a record or list of names, events, items, etc…
  • Road metal ‐ broken stones, cinders, etc. used in making roads…