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.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.