Compactization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA

    "The chromatin compactization of pachytene chromosomes of R. wichurana is 2.4 - 1.4 Mbp μm −1, calculated based on the genome size of 562 Mbp [ 52 ]."

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"The chromatin compactization of pachytene chromosomes of R. wichurana is 2.4 - 1.4 Mbp μm −1, calculated based on the genome size of 562 Mbp [ 52 ]."

Etymology

From compact + -ization.

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