chromosome

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By comparison, the Y chromosome, passed from father to son, was chock-full of Asian DNA that the researchers found was common in modern-day Iran.

From New York Times

Complaints over that practice led to chromosome tests and, later, DNA tests.

From Washington Post

Each DNA segment should appear as two copies — one from each chromosome.

From New York Times

Curing HIV infections remains one of the most formidable challenges in biomedicine, in part because cells that hold the viral DNA in their chromosomes persist in the face of powerful drugs and immune responses.

From Science Magazine

This can be the result of the fetus having too many or too few chromosomes, which are the cell structures that hold genes, the National Institutes of Health says.

From Washington Post