adj.
Relating to or having large multistranded chromosomes whose corresponding chromomeres are in contact.
[POLY- + Latin taenia, band (from Greek tainiā, ribbon).]
polytenic pol'y·te'nic adj.polyteny pol'y·te'ny n.
polytene
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pol·y·tene (pŏl'ē-tēn') 
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adj.
Relating to or having large multistranded chromosomes whose corresponding chromomeres are in contact.
polyteny pol'y·te'ny n.
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 | Balbiani rings (cell and molecular biology) |
| salivary gland chromosomes (cell and molecular biology) |
| chromomere (cell and molecular biology) |
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- Balbiani rings (cell and molecular biology)
- salivary gland chromosomes (cell and molecular biology)
- chromomere (cell and molecular biology)
- endoreduplication
