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antiasymmetric

antiasymmetric adjective: that counters asymmetry.

Adjective

antiasymmetric (not comparable)

  1. That counters asymmetry
    • We suggest the increasing m-CNs are more like a negative feedback mechanism, i.e., a selective pressure favoring asymmetry over symmetry to prevent the production of an over-asymmetric karyotype, that is, m-chromosomes exert an antiasymmetric effect on karyotype; this proposal complies well with...2015 December 15, “Scaling Chromosomes for an Evolutionary Karyotype: A Chromosomal Tradeoff between Size and Number across Woody Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of antiasymmetric

From anti- + asymmetric.

Questions about antiasymmetric

What does antiasymmetric mean?
Antiasymmetric means that counters asymmetry.
What part of speech is antiasymmetric?
Antiasymmetric is an adjective.

Words near antiasymmetric in the dictionary

  1. antiasthenic
  2. antiasthma
  3. antiasthmatic
  4. antiasthmatics
  5. antiastrology
  6. antiasymmetric
  7. antiatheism
  8. antiatheist
  9. antiatheistic
  10. antiatheists
  11. antiatherogenic

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