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单词 polytene
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Definition of polytene in English:

polytene

adjective ˈpɒlɪtiːnˈpäləˌtēn
Genetics
  • Relating to or denoting a giant chromosome which is composed of many parallel copies of the genetic material, as found in Drosophila fruit flies where they are much used in genetic research.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The structures of rearrangements were defined by mitotic chromosome staining as well as by genetic and polytene chromosome analysis.
    • Cytogenetic studies of mitotic and polytene chromosomes, allozyme data, and crossing studies indicate that An. dirus A and C are very closely related.
    • Two of those contained repetitive sequence and hybridized to the centromeres of the polytene chromosomes.
    • Anopheline mosquitoes, like Drosophila, are renowned for the presence of polytene chromosomes and chromosomal inversions.
    • It was mapped in Drosophila by polytene chromosome in situ to 3L heterochromatin.
    • This was first recognized more than a half century ago in cytological studies of lampbrush chromosomes in amphibian oocytes and polytene chromosomes in insects.

Origin

1930s: from poly- 'many' + -tene (from Greek tainia 'band, ribbon') denoting stages of the first meiotic division.

 
 

Definition of polytene in US English:

polytene

adjectiveˈpäləˌtēn
Genetics
  • Relating to or denoting a giant chromosome which is composed of many parallel copies of the genetic material, as found in Drosophila fruit flies where they are much used in genetic research.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two of those contained repetitive sequence and hybridized to the centromeres of the polytene chromosomes.
    • Anopheline mosquitoes, like Drosophila, are renowned for the presence of polytene chromosomes and chromosomal inversions.
    • Cytogenetic studies of mitotic and polytene chromosomes, allozyme data, and crossing studies indicate that An. dirus A and C are very closely related.
    • This was first recognized more than a half century ago in cytological studies of lampbrush chromosomes in amphibian oocytes and polytene chromosomes in insects.
    • The structures of rearrangements were defined by mitotic chromosome staining as well as by genetic and polytene chromosome analysis.
    • It was mapped in Drosophila by polytene chromosome in situ to 3L heterochromatin.

Origin

1930s: from poly- ‘many’ + -tene (from Greek tainia ‘band, ribbon’) denoting stages of the first meiotic division.

 
 
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