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Definition of Chromomeres
1. chromomere [n] - See also: chromomere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromomeres
Literary usage of Chromomeres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"Accordingly the entire chromatin content of the nucleus is regarded as made up
of a definite number of individual chromatin elements called chromomeres. ..."
2. The Spermatogenesis of Hydra by Elliot Rowland Downing (1905)
"In the division of the spermatocytes of the second order there probably occurs
a reduction division for each daughter chromosome contains two chromomeres ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"There is a considerable amount of evidence that the hereditary characters are
associated with the chromomeres, and that it is rather their linin-constituent ..."
4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"This predetermined control is located in the chromomeres of the chromatin threads.
The individual chromomeres are relatively as unlike as the parts of the ..."
5. A Study of Synapsis and Reduction by Ira Detrich Cardiff (1906)
"The chromomeres themselves increase in size, especially in the direction of the
length of the thread, exactly as observed in many of the other forms studied ..."
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