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compactization

compactization noun: the clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA.

Noun

compactization (plural compactizations)

  1. The clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA
    • The chromatin compactization of pachytene chromosomes of R. wichurana is 2.4 - 1.4 Mbp μm −1, calculated based on the genome size of 562 Mbp [ 52 ].2015 July 2, Ilya V. Kirov, Katrijn Van Laere, Ludmila I. Khrustaleva, “High resolution physical mapping of single gene fragments on pachytene chromosome 4 and 7 of Rosa”, in BMC Genetics, volume 16...

Forms of compactization

pluralcompactizations

Origin of compactization

From compact + -ization.

Questions about compactization

What does compactization mean?
Compactization means the clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA.
What part of speech is compactization?
Compactization is a noun.
What is the plural of compactization?
The plural of compactization is compactizations.

Words near compactization in the dictionary

  1. compactional
  2. compactions
  3. compactituberculate
  4. compactivities
  5. compactivity
  6. compactization
  7. compactizations
  8. compactly
  9. compactness
  10. compactnesses
  11. compacton

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