W chromosome

id: GO:0000804
name: W chromosome
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The sex chromosome present in females of species in which the female is the heterogametic sex; generally, the sex chromosome that pairs with the Z chromosome in the heterogametic sex. The W chromosome is absent from the cells of males and present in one copy in the somatic cells of females.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000803sex chromosome