| Y-chromosome | |
| —n | |
| Compare X-chromosome the sex chromosome that occurs as one of a pair with the X-chromosome in the diploid cells of the males of many animals, including humans | |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Y-chromosome n.
The sex chromosome associated with male characteristics, occurring with one X-chromosome in the male sex chromosome pair.
| Y-chromosome
The sex chromosome that is paired with an X-chromosome in males. Most of the genes on the X-chromosome determine physical attributes associated with males, such as the development of testes. See more at sex chromosome. See Note at sex. |