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What is a chromosome?

What is a chromosome? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) A structure in the cell nucleus that contains DNA, histone protein, and other structural proteins.
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We have noticed that multiple clones carried an aberrant chromosome III that was indistinguishable by size.
Bone marrow cells exhibited chromosome aberrations, aneuploidy, and changes in the mitotic index.
Removal of this aberrant chromosome from further calculations makes no change to the inferences drawn.
Genetic factors such as parental chromosome abnormalities are a major known cause which should be looked for.
They are formed by acentric chromosome fragments or whole chromosomes which are not incorporated into daughter nuclei during cell division.
To allow comparison between sexes, X chromosome abnormalities were concurrently studied in women.

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