Y chromosome

id: GO:0000806
name: Y chromosome
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

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

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000803sex chromosome