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heteropycnotic

heteropycnotic adjective: relating to heteropycnosis.

Adjective

heteropycnotic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to heteropycnosis
    • Significantly, the largest pair, designated HC1, is strongly heteropycnotic, shows differential condensation, and has massive enrichment in PIVE-40 repeats.2015 December 4, “The Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) Suggests the Arrest of Recombination in the Largest Heteropycnotic Pair HC1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Noun

heteropycnotic (plural heteropycnotics)

  1. Such a section of a chromosome

Forms of heteropycnotic

Adjective
alternative formheteropyknotic
Noun
pluralheteropycnotics

Questions about heteropycnotic

What does heteropycnotic mean?
Heteropycnotic means relating to heteropycnosis.
What part of speech is heteropycnotic?
Heteropycnotic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heteropycnotic in the dictionary

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

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