pseudochromosome

noun

pseudochromosome

noun

Etymology From pseudo- + chromosome.

1

A pseudomolecule representing a chromosome.

  • 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 […]2015 January 13, Haibao Tang, Xingtan Zhang, Chenyong Miao, et al., “ALLMAPS: robust scaffold ordering based on multiple maps”, in Genome Biology, volume 16:
Derived terms
pseudochromosomal

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