Heteroband

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A band of a chromosome that has differential thickness to the surrounding ones

    "Heteroband 71hb in IIL (Fig 7 ) and a telomeric heteroband in IIIL occurred heterozygously in a female (28 April) and male (24 October), respectively, from Germany (Site 3)."

Example

More examples

"Heteroband 71hb in IIL (Fig 7 ) and a telomeric heteroband in IIIL occurred heterozygously in a female (28 April) and male (24 October), respectively, from Germany (Site 3)."

Etymology

From hetero- + band.

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