chromosome number
noun
: the usually constant number of chromosomes characteristic of a particular kind of animal or plant
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Color morph is associated with a different chromosome, chromosome number 2.
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Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Unlike other botanical atlases that focused on botanical classification, this atlas recorded the chromosome number of about 100,000 plants, providing knowledge about breeding and evolutionary patterns of botanical groups.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 1 Aug. 2019
One result that’s emerged is a relationship between these timing parameters and chromosome number — too fast or too slow correlates perceptibly with embryos having the wrong number of chromosomes.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2018
The site of the fusion event on human chromosome number two does not provide an obvious picture of a past fusion event.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2012
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Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Unlike other botanical atlases that focused on botanical classification, this atlas recorded the chromosome number of about 100,000 plants, providing knowledge about breeding and evolutionary patterns of botanical groups.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 1 Aug. 2019
One result that’s emerged is a relationship between these timing parameters and chromosome number — too fast or too slow correlates perceptibly with embryos having the wrong number of chromosomes.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2018
The site of the fusion event on human chromosome number two does not provide an obvious picture of a past fusion event.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2012
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“Chromosome number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chromosome%20number. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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