hexasome

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noun

Any one of six homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement.

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Meanings

nounhexasome (plural hexasomes)

plural hexasomes

  1. Any one of six homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement.

    FACT enables the displacement of the histone H2A/H2B dimer from the nucleosome octamer, leaving a “hexasome” on the DNA.

    2003, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, “Histones Face the FACT” in Science (New Series) CCCI, № 5,636 (22nd August 2003), page 1,053

Origin

Probably formed by the combination of hexa- + -some, after the earlier hexasomic (1922) and hexasomy (1939).

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APA

hexasome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexasome

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hexasome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexasome.

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