POLYTENE

Etymology

Adjective

polytene (comparative more polytene, superlative most polytene)

(molecular biology) Having very large chromosomes with many chromatids (arms).

Noun

polytene (plural polytenes)

(molecular biology) A very large chromosome with many chromatids (arms); a chromosome exhibiting polyteny

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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