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.
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pol·y·tene (pŏl'ē-tēn')
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[POLY- + Latin taenia, band (from Greek tainiā, ribbon).]
polytenic pol'y·te'nic adj.| Balbiani rings (cell and molecular biology) | |
| salivary gland chromosomes (cell and molecular biology) | |
| chromomere (cell and molecular biology) |
| Why are polytene chromosome found only in Diptera? | |
| What are the various bands in a polytene chromosome believed to be? | |
| Differentiate between male and female drosophila by observing polytene chromosome? |
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