chondriome

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noun

The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.

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Meanings

nounchondriome (plural chondriomes)

plural chondriomes

  1. biologyThe set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.

    In one of his 1913 papers Guillermond discusses the function of the chondriome (collective term for the chondriosomes of the cell or the plant) in Fungi.

    1914 April - May, F. Cavers, “Chondriosomes (Mitochondria) and their Significance”, in The New Phytologist, volume 13, number 4/5
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    Several characteristics of the chondriome require investigation. What is the biological significance of base sequence homology between parts of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA) and nuclear DNA in eukaryotes?

    1986, S. H Mantell, The Chondriome: chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes

Origin

From chondrio- + -ome.

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