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hexasomes

hexasomes is the plural of hexasome.

Meaning of hexasome

Noun

hexasome (plural hexasomes)

  1. Any one of six homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement.
    • FACT enables the displacement of the histone H2A/H2B dimer from the nucleosome octamer, leaving a “hexasome” on the DNA.2003, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, “Histones Face the FACT” in Science (New Series) CCCI, № 5,636 (22nd August 2003), page 1,053

Questions about hexasomes

What is hexasomes the plural of?
Hexasomes is the plural of hexasome.

Words near hexasomes in the dictionary

  1. hexasilver
  2. hexasodium
  3. hexasolvate
  4. hexasolvates
  5. hexasome
  6. hexasomes
  7. hexasomic
  8. hexasomy
  9. hexaspermous
  10. hexastatin
  11. hexaster

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