pseudochromosome

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English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ chromosome.

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Noun

pseudochromosome (plural pseudochromosomes)

  1. A pseudomolecule representing a chromosome.
    • 2015 January 13, Haibao TangXingtan ZhangChenyong Miaoet al., “ALLMAPS: robust scaffold ordering based on multiple maps”, in Genome Biology, volume 16:
      The reconstructed chromosomal sequences are often referred to as ‘pseudo-molecules’ or ‘pseudo-chromosomes’. The prefix ‘pseudo’ implies that the assemblies may still contain uncertainties []

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