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heteropyknotic

heteropyknotic is the alternative form of heteropycnotic.

Meaning of heteropycnotic

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

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Origin of heteropyknotic

From hetero- + pyknotic.

Questions about heteropyknotic

What is heteropyknotic the alternative form of?
Heteropyknotic is the alternative form of heteropycnotic.

Words near heteropyknotic in the dictionary

  1. heteropycnosis
  2. heteropycnotic
  3. heteropycnotics
  4. heteropygous
  5. heteropyknosis
  6. heteropyknotic
  7. heteroqueer
  8. heteroqueerness
  9. heteroquestionnaire
  10. heteroquestionnaires
  11. heteroradical

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