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Question

The word chromosome comes from______.

  1. Indian word
  2. Latin word
  3. French word
  4. Greek word

hintHint:

Socrates, Aristotle are from this country.

The correct answer is: Greek word


    • Chromosome is a Greek word, meaning colored body
    • The naming was based on the use of dyes that were used to visualize these molecules
    • Chromosomes were discovered by Walther Flemming
    • Chromosomes contain the unit of heredity called genes
    • Chromosomes are present in nucleus of the cell 

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