gonosome


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gonosome

(ˈɡɒnəʊˌsəʊm)
n
(Zoology) zoology the individuals, collectively, in a colonial animal that are involved with reproduction
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The majority of women with Turner syndrome present a somatic mosaicism with the absence of the second gonosome in their blood cell line.