tetrasome

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noun

A complex of four homologous chromosomes formed during meiosis

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Meanings

nountetrasome (plural tetrasomes)

plural tetrasomes

  1. biologyA complex of four homologous chromosomes formed during meiosis

    During chromatin assembly, the (H3-H4) 2 tetramer binds first, forming a tetrasome that likely constitutes an important intermediate during ongoing transcription.

    2015 October 28, “Comparing the Assembly and Handedness Dynamics of (H3.3-H4) 2 Tetrasomes to Canonical Tetrasomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From tetra- + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

metastoretreatsome
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APA

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Chicago

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