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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. [GOC:mah, GOC:mr, ISBN:0321000382, PMID:20622855]
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