How to Use chromosome in a Sentence

chromosome

noun

• Each time our cells split, a tiny part of the ends of our chromosomes doesn't make the cut.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2018
• The team took each chromosome from a mouse and then broke them down.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 31 Aug. 2022
• These telomeres are a string of DNA proteins that rest at the end of a chromosome.
  — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 14 June 2017
• Women have two copies of this chromosome — along with two copies of each gene.
  — NBC News, 13 Nov. 2020
• The name of the business is a sweet nod to the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2020
• All of our cells have the TERT gene embedded in their chromosomes.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
• Telomeres are caps at the end of our DNA that protect chromosomes.
  — Smithsonian, 22 Jan. 2018
• Telomeres are caps found at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 June 2024
• The condition is caused by a DNA glitch in chromosome 15.
  — Shelley Levitt, Woman's Day, 4 Dec. 2018
• Humans have five such chromosomes and mice have just one.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2017
• In a nutshell, telomeres are caps found at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 1 Oct. 2019
• Telomeres are the protective caps on the ends of cell chromosomes.
  — Mikayla Morell, Health, 2 Apr. 2023
• Most people have 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 pairs.
  — Ryan Rossotto, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• It’s even been linked to longer telomeres, protein caps on the end of chromosomes that get shorter with age.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 20 July 2017
• But through the lens, Bianchi saw the unmistakable glimmer of Y chromosomes—dozens and dozens of them.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
• Perhaps one of the other small chromosomes, like 21 or 22.
  — David Ewing Duncan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• But the problem doesn't impact only those with the XX chromosome.
  — Bojana Galic, Marie Claire, 17 Oct. 2017
• Telomeres are the tips of chromosomes that protect DNA while it's being copied -- like the aglet at the end of a shoelace that prevents it from fraying.
  — Michael Nedelman and Susan Scutti, CNN, 2 July 2017
• The genomic structure is the way that genes are arranged on chromosomes in each species.
  — Darren Griffin, Scientific American, 6 June 2018
• Narrowing the stretch of the chromosome down to a single gene took years of detective work.
  — Rachel Fritts, Science | AAAS, 25 Aug. 2021
• Most people have only two copies of each chromosome and so would have only two copies of these genes.
  — Joaquin Espinosa, The Conversation, 5 June 2023
• The sperm and egg each have 23 chromosomes, which get matched up when your egg is fertilized, ACOG explains.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 2 Apr. 2018
• This gene on chromosome 1 codes for the salivary amylase.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
• The best measure of that number comes from our telomeres—strands of DNA that cap chromosomes and protect genes.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
• The design represents the three copies of the 21st chromosome that result in the condition.
  — Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• An egg is one cell, the largest cell in the body, and contains a lot of fluid and a structure called a spindle, which helps organize the chromosomes.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
• The asymmetrical point creates one long arm and one short arm on the chromosome.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2021
• In this disorder, there’s an error in the chromosome, which causes the kidneys to dump phosphate in the urine.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• In birds and butterflies, males have two Z chromosomes, while females have one Z and one W chromosome.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
• Telomeres are protective caps that seal the end of your chromosomes (thread-like structures inside the cell's nucleus).
  — Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024