homologous chromosomes

Japanese: homologous chromosomes(英語表記)homologouschromosomes
homologous chromosomes

...somatic cells contain pairs of chromosomes that have the same shape and alleles, originating from each parent (with the exception of sex chromosomes). These are called homologous chromosomes. Identifying the homologous chromosomes in the somatic cells of a species and arranging them according to the order of chromosome shape and size is called the karyotype of that species, and determining the karyotype in this way is called karyotype analysis.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "homologous chromosomes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体細胞中にはそれぞれの両親に由来し,同じ対立遺伝子をもち同じ形状をした1対の染色体がある(性染色体は例外)。これを相同染色体homologous chromosomesという。一つの種の体細胞に含まれる相同染色体を識別し,染色体の形や大きさの順序に従ってこれを配列したものをその種の核型といい,このように核型を決定することを核型分析という。…

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