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heteropycnosis

heteropycnosis noun: the differential coiling and staining of parts of a chromosome.

Noun

heteropycnosis (uncountable)

  1. The differential coiling and staining of parts of a chromosome

Forms of heteropycnosis

alternative formheteropyknosis

Questions about heteropycnosis

What does heteropycnosis mean?
Heteropycnosis means the differential coiling and staining of parts of a chromosome.
What part of speech is heteropycnosis?
Heteropycnosis is a noun.

Words near heteropycnosis in the dictionary

  1. heteropterans
  2. heteropterology
  3. heteropterous
  4. heteropters
  5. heteroptics
  6. heteropycnosis
  7. heteropycnotic
  8. heteropycnotics
  9. heteropygous
  10. heteropyknosis
  11. heteropyknotic

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