相そう同どう染せん色しょく体たい

noun

homologous chromosome

Technical term in genetics; refers to a pair of chromosomes that have the same gene sequence and structure, one inherited from each parent.

• 相そう同どう染せん色しょく体たいは減げん数すう分ぶん裂れつの際さいに対つい合ごうする。

  Homologous chromosomes pair up during meiosis.