| 释义 |
idant Biol.|ˈaɪdənt|
[Arbitrarily f. id1.]
One of the chromatin bodies in the nucleus of a reproductive or other cell, regarded as consisting of ‘ids’ (see id1).
1893tr. Weismann's Germ-Plasm i. i. 67 Those rod-like, loop-like, or granular masses of chromatin in the nucleus..considered equivalent..to series or aggregations of ids, I have..proposed to call..idants. Ibid. iii. Introd. 233 The germ-plasm in both nuclei..becomes contracted, so as to give rise to nuclear rods or idants..the number of these idants is the same in both of the conjugating cells. 1895Mivart in Harper's Mag. Mar. 634. |