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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The spirally coiled central filament of a chromatid along which the chromomeres are aligned.

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  • noun genetics The coiled central filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[chromo(some) + Greek nēma, thread; see (s)nē- in Indo-European roots.]

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