Meanings
adjectiveheteropycnotic (not comparable)
alternative heteropyknotic
- not comparableRelating to heteropycnosis
Significantly, the largest pair, designated HC1, is strongly heteropycnotic, shows differential condensation, and has massive enrichment in PIVE-40 repeats.
2015 December 4, “The Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) Suggests the Arrest of Recombination in the Largest Heteropycnotic Pair HC1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
nounheteropycnotic (plural heteropycnotics)
plural heteropycnotics · alternative heteropyknotic
- Such a section of a chromosome
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