Cell Component
sex chromosome
sex chro·mo·some
Subclass of:
Chromosomes
Definitions related to sex chromosomes:
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A chromosome involved in sex determination.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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Chromosomes that are associated with the determination of gender, in mammals constituting an unequal pair, the X and the Y chromosome.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The X or Y chromosome in human beings that determines the sex of an individual. Females have two X chromosomes in diploid cells; males have an X and a Y chromosome. The sex chromosomes comprise the 23rd chromosome pair in a human karyotype.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The homologous chromosomes that are dissimilar in the heterogametic sex. There are the X CHROMOSOME, the Y CHROMOSOME, and the W, Z chromosomes (in animals in which the female is the heterogametic sex (the silkworm moth Bombyx mori, for example)). In such cases the W chromosome is the female-determining and the male is ZZ. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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