cytocomplex

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cytocomplex (plural cytocomplexes)

  1. (biology) A group of species with similar karyotypes.
    • 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:
      Based on the different combination of the arms, caused by whole-arm translocations, the Chironomus species are grouped into several cytocomplexes.