compactization

English

Etymology

compact +‎ -ization

Noun

compactization (plural compactizations)

1. The clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA
   • 2015 July 2, Ilya V. Kirov, Katrijn Van Laere, Ludmila I. Khrustaleva, “High resolution physical mapping of single gene fragments on pachytene chromosome 4 and 7 of Rosa”, in BMC Genetics‎^[1], volume 16, →DOI:

     The chromatin compactization of pachytene chromosomes of R. wichurana is 2.4 - 1.4 Mbp μm −1, calculated based on the genome size of 562 Mbp [ 52 ].