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cryptomere Biol.|ˈkrɪptəʊmɪə(r)|
[ad. G. kryptomer (E. Tschermak 1904, in Beih. z. Bot. Centralbl. XVI. 11), f. crypto- + Gr. µέρος part.]
A latent genetic factor or characteristic. So crypˈtomerism, the possession of this factor or characteristic.
1906R. H. Lock Rec. Progress Study Variation viii. 189 The best general name for the class of phenomena we are about to describe is perhaps latency of characters, or cryptomerism. 1909W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Hered. (ed. 2) v. 93 Factors which may thus exist without making their presence visible have been named by Tschermak ‘Cryptomeres’. |