polyteny

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English

Etymology

polytene +‎ -y

Noun

polyteny (uncountable)

(molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)

Related terms

See also

endomitosis
Polytene chromosome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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