Polytene
"Polytene" in a Sentence (2 examples)
When this was done, it could be shown that the production of polytene chromosomes is not uniform for all chromosomes of a single nucleus, ie, some chromosomes are more polytene than others, […]
Unlike normal chromosomes, polytenes are visible in a microscope even when cell division is not taking place.
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