cytocomplex

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noun

A group of species with similar karyotypes.

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Meanings

nouncytocomplex (plural cytocomplexes)

plural cytocomplexes

  1. biologyA group of species with similar karyotypes.

    Based on the different combination of the arms, caused by whole-arm translocations, the Chironomus species are grouped into several cytocomplexes.

    2011 May 5, Wolfgang F. Wülker et al., “Karyotypes of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae) species from Africa”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 5, number 1, →DOI
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