pseudochromosome
English
editEtymology
editFrom pseudo- + chromosome.
Noun
editpseudochromosome (plural pseudochromosomes)
- A pseudomolecule representing a chromosome.
- 2015 January 13, Haibao TangXingtan ZhangChenyong Miaoet al., “ALLMAPS: robust scaffold ordering based on multiple maps”, in Genome Biology[1], volume 16:
- 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 […]