euchromosome Biol.
(juːˈkrəʊməsəʊm)
[f. eu- + chromosome.]
= autosome.
| 1914 C. E. McClung in Jrnl. Morphology XXV. 697 The word ‘euchromosome’ I shall employ to distinguish those without any marked peculiarities of form or behavior... ‘Heterochromosome’ might advantageously be used as an antonym. 1925 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) xi. 839 The autosomes or euchromosomes..include those [sc. chromosomes] of the more normal type. |