All 10 Uses
chromosome
in
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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- NICK (With that small smile) Not exactly: chromosomes.†
Act 1 *chromosomes = threadlike structures in the cell nucleus that carry genes in a linear order that determine biological traits
- Your ....your husband was telling me all about the ....chromosomes.†
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- GEORGE: The chromosomes, Martha ....the genes, or whatever they are.†
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- He's quite terrifying, with his chromosomes, and all.†
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- HONEY (A little thickly) It's because of your chromosomes, dear.†
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- NICK: Oh, the chromosome business .... MARTHA: (To NICK) What's all this about chromosomes?†
Act 1chromosome = a threadlike structure in the cell nucleus that carries genes in a linear order that determines biological traits
- NICK: Oh, the chromosome business .... MARTHA: (To NICK) What's all this about chromosomes?†
Act 1chromosomes = threadlike structures in the cell nucleus that carry genes in a linear order that determine biological traits
- NICK: Well, chromosomes are .... MARTHA: I know what chromosomes are, sweetie, I love 'em.†
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- NICK: Well, chromosomes are .... MARTHA: I know what chromosomes are, sweetie, I love 'em.†
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- (To MARTHA, now) It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered ....well, not all by himself—he probably has one or two coconspirators—the genetic makeup of a sperm cell changed, reordered ....to order, actually ....for hair and eye color, stature, potency ....I imagine ....hairiness, features, health ...and mind†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(chromosome) a threadlike structure in the cell nucleus that carries genes in a linear order
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)