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homosequential

homosequential adjective: relating to a homosequence.

Adjective

homosequential (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a homosequence
  2. Sharing a karyotype
    • D. simulans, D. mauritiana and D. sechellia (which we will call “the siblings” when we do not need to distinguish among them) have homosequential polytene chromosome banding patterns differing from those of D. melanogaster by one long inversion on chromosome arm 3R and a few much smaller inversions.1990 April 1, P. Hutter et al., “A genetic basis for the inviability of hybrids between sibling species of Drosophila”, in Genetics, volume 124, number 4, pages 909–920

Origin of homosequential

From homo- + sequential.

Questions about homosequential

What does homosequential mean?
Homosequential means relating to a homosequence.
What part of speech is homosequential?
Homosequential is an adjective.

Words near homosequential in the dictionary

  1. homosemic
  2. homosemous
  3. homosemy
  4. homosequence
  5. homosequences
  6. homosequential
  7. homosequentiality
  8. homoserine
  9. homoserines
  10. homosesquiterpene
  11. homosesquiterpenes

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