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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to chromoplasm.

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  • The inherited energies retain their full measure of power, and all their original quality in the growing and dividing chromosomes (the chromosome is one of the segments into which the chromoplasmic filaments of a cell-nucleus break up just before indirect division).

    Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English Henry Stanton

  • Chromosome: one of the segments into which the chromoplasmic filaments of a cell nucleus breaks up just before indirect division.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

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