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Meaning of somatic chromosome

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

somatic

adjective

Definitions

  1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

  2. Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.

  3. Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.

    Example: the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo