heterochromatin

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Etymology[edit]

From hetero- +‎ chromatin.

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Noun[edit]

heterochromatin (countable and uncountable, plural heterochromatins)

  1. (cytology) Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive

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