English

Adjective

monosomic ‎(not comparable)

1. of or relating to a monosome
   • 2000 July 14, B. B. Magee & P. T. Magee, “Induction of Mating in Candida albicans by Construction of MTLa and MTLalpha Strains”, in Science, volume 289, number 5477, DOI:10.1126/science.289.5477.310, pages 310-313:

     The Sou variants, which appear on the background of nongrowing cells plated on sorbose as a sole source of carbon, are monosomic for chromosome 5; furthermore, either homolog can be lost under these conditions (13 ).