Synonyms for y chromosome
y chro·mo·some

Princeton's WordNet

1. Y chromosomenoun

   the sex chromosome that is carried by men

   "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"

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1. • Sex Chromosome

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1. Ron Estes:

   Having one more chromosome should never be validation for ending life, and the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act protects individuals with disabilities, this is common sense legislation that will save precious lives.

2. Rod Mitchell:

   This study is particularly neat because it takes advantage of errors that are known to occur during culture of XY cells, which lead to loss of the Y chromosome and subsequent gain of a second X chromosome, resulting in XX cells that are capable of generating live offspring.

3. Jan Dumanski:

   There is a correlation between a common and avoidable risk factor, that is smoking, and the most common human mutation -- loss of the Y chromosome, this ... may in part explain why men in general have a shorter life span than women and why smoking is more dangerous for men.

4. Sriram Sankararaman:

   You’re going along the genome and there is the X chromosome or there are genes expressed in testes. Basically, these parts of the genome have less Neanderthal or Denisovan.

5. Sarah Palin:

   I don't think because the child has one extra chromosome they should be able to snuff that life out.