isochromosome

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schematic representation of an isochromosome with the arms being mirror images of each other.

Etymology[edit]

From iso- +‎ chromosome.

Noun[edit]

isochromosome (plural isochromosomes)

  1. (cytology) An abnormal chromosome in which one arm has been lost and replaced with an exact copy of the other arm.

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