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chromomeres

chromomeres is the plural of chromomere.

Meaning of chromomere

Noun

chromomere (plural chromomeres)

  1. Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division.
    • The nucleus contains the following more or less distinct parts: chromioles, chromomeres, chromosomes, chromoplasts, linoplasts, linin, chromoplasm, endochromatic granules, and parachromatic granules.1900 January, Gustav Eisen, “A Preliminary Account of the Spermatogenesis of Batrachoseps attenuatus, Polymorphous spermatogonia, Auxocytes and Spermatocytes”, in Biological Bulletin, volume 1...

Questions about chromomeres

What is chromomeres the plural of?
Chromomeres is the plural of chromomere.

Words near chromomeres in the dictionary

  1. chromoly
  2. chromolysis
  3. chromomagnetic
  4. chromomagnetism
  5. chromomere
  6. chromomeres
  7. chromomeric
  8. chromometer
  9. chromometers
  10. chromomethylase
  11. chromomethylases

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