heteroband

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noun

A band of a chromosome that has differential thickness to the surrounding ones

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Meanings

nounheteroband (plural heterobands)

plural heterobands

  1. A band of a chromosome that has differential thickness to the surrounding ones

    Heteroband 71hb in IIL (Fig 7 ) and a telomeric heteroband in IIIL occurred heterozygously in a female (28 April) and male (24 October), respectively, from Germany (Site 3).

    2016 January 26, “Cryptic Biodiversity and the Origins of Pest Status Revealed in the Macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), History’s Most Destructive Black Fly”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hetero- + band.

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heteroband. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroband

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“heteroband.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroband. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heteroband,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroband.

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