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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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No chromosome aberrations were found in human spermatozoa in vitro exposed to several chemicals, including dioxin.
Bone marrow cells exhibited chromosome aberrations, aneuploidy, and changes in the mitotic index.
We have noticed that multiple clones carried an aberrant chromosome III that was indistinguishable by size.
This SC karyotype is very similar to karyotypes developed from pachytene chromosome squashes.
This appears to be consistent with a lower than normal level of recombination in this chromosome.
To allow comparison between sexes, X chromosome abnormalities were concurrently studied in women.

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