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chromosome

Term: chromosome

Origin:

Anc Greek
?????* /chroma (=color) <????????
????**/ soma(=body) because these cellular structures are stained under the microscope.

*????/hir(=hand)< ??????/hripto(=touch or anoint)

** > ????/sima(=corpse). Homer (9th cen) reffered to word "????" always with the meaning of the corpse.

Coined

in 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921) (German chromosome).

Definition:

structures of DNA and proteins which contain genetic information in every cell . Every human cell has 46 chromosomes with exception of gonads.

comments:

Waldeyer is honoured also for coining the term neuron (structural unit of the nervous system) in 1891.

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