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Keywords: Loci, Genetic, Chromosome, Pair, Alleles

Related Terms: Centromere, Chromatid, Chromosome, Diploid, X-Linked, Heterochromatin, Monosomy, Genetic Recombination, Autosomal, Nondisjunction, Euchromatin, Chromosomes, Crossing Over, Sex-Linked, Recombination, Autopolyploid, Bivalent, Homologous Chromosome, Ploidy, Translocation, Crossing-Over, Monosomic, Autosome, Homozygote, Genetic Linkage, Somatic Mutation, Synapsis, Sister Chromatid Exchange, Polytene Chromosome, Allelic Exclusion, Homologous Chromosomes, Independent Assortment, Chiasmata, Robertsonian Translocation, Sister Chromatids, Homologues, Uniparental Disomy, Autosomes, Complementation, Homolog, Reciprocal Translocation, Non-Disjunction, Sex Linkage, Chromosomal Translocation, Triploidy, Somatic Mutations, Hemizygous, Disomy, Chromatids

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chromosomes: (synonym: homologs) The two chromosomes from a particular pair, normally one inherited from the mother and one from the father, containing the same genetic loci in the same order

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genetically related and therefore similar.

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Matched (usually of a pair of chromosomes).

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In chromosomes, a pair of chromosomes that contain the same gene (although perhaps different alleles). There are 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes in humans; one of each was contributed by each parent.

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Having the same genetic traits (loci) as another chromosome (identicals)

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