Planteome: Term Details for "W chromosome" (GO:0000804)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0000804
Name: W chromosome
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The sex chromosome present in females of species in which the female is the heterogametic sex; generally, the sex chromosome that pairs with the Z chromosome in the heterogametic sex. The W chromosome is absent from the cells of males and present in one copy in the somatic cells of females. Source: ISBN:0321000382, PMID:20622855, GOC:mah, GOC:mr
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0000804 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to W chromosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to W chromosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for W chromosome.
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GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005622 intracellular anatomical structure
GO:0043226 organelle
GO:0043229 intracellular organelle
GO:0043228 non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0043232 intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0005694 chromosome
GO:0000803 sex chromosome
GO:0000804 W chromosome

Parents of W chromosome (GO:0000804)

subject	relation	object
W chromosome	is_a	sex chromosome (GO:0000803)

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Wikipedia: ZW_sex-determination_system