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interchromosomally

interchromosomally adverb: between or among chromosomes; in an interchromosomal manner.

Adverb

interchromosomally (not comparable)

  1. Between or among chromosomes; in an interchromosomal manner.
    • Homologous recombination occurs intrachromosomally as well as interchromosomally, both in mitotic (somatic) cells as well as meiotically in the germline. These different processes can serve very different purposes in maintaining the integrity of the organism and in enhancing diversity in the...1995, Shulman MJ, Collins C, Connor A, Read LR, Baker MD, “Interchromosomal recombination is suppressed in mammalian somatic cells”, in The EMBO Journal, volume 14, number 16, →PMID, →PMCID, pages...

Antonyms of interchromosomally

Origin of interchromosomally

From interchromosomal + -ly or inter- + chromosome + -ally.

Questions about interchromosomally

What does interchromosomally mean?
Interchromosomally means between or among chromosomes; in an interchromosomal manner.
What part of speech is interchromosomally?
Interchromosomally is an adverb.

Words near interchromosomally in the dictionary

  1. interchromomere
  2. interchromomeric
  3. interchromophore
  4. interchromophoric
  5. interchromosomal
  6. interchromosomally
  7. interchromosome
  8. interchromosomic
  9. interchurch
  10. intercident
  11. intercidents

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