interchromosomally
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From interchromosomal + -ly or inter- + chromosome + -ally.
Adverb
[edit]interchromosomally (not comparable)
- Between or among chromosomes; in an interchromosomal manner.
- 1995, Shulman MJ, Collins C, Connor A, Read LR, Baker MD, “Interchromosomal recombination is suppressed in mammalian somatic cells”, in The EMBO Journal[1], volume 14, number 16, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 4102–4107:
- Homologous recombination occurs intrachromosomally as well as interchromosomally, both in mitotic (somatic) cells as well as meiotically in the germline. These different processes can serve very different purposes in maintaining the integrity of the organism and in enhancing diversity in the species.