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Definition of Metaphases
1. metaphase [n] - See also: metaphase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphases
Literary usage of Metaphases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... metaphases in cultures from one of the 22 individuals examined; the analysis
of one of these is presented as figure 2 in their report and is here ..."
2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"Polar view, metaphases from region of gonad in five-day chick. ... Side views of
metaphases in the germinal tissues of ten-day female embryos, each showing ..."
3. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... chromatid breaks in 50 metaphases examined. Sodium arsenite caused chromosomal
damage in diploid fibroblasts to which sodium arsenite (0.29-5.8 x 10~8M) ..."