polytenizedadj.
/ˌpɒlɪˈtiːnʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈtiˌnaɪzd/ Cell Biology.
Of genetic material in a chromosome: reduplicated so as to result in a polytene chromosome; subjected to polytenization.
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supernumerary1907
autosomal1911
lampbrush1911
trisomic1921
hexasomic1922
tetrasomic1922
monosomic1926
polytene1935
polytenic1952
polysomal1962
polytenized1974
1974 Nature 29 Mar. 446/1 Mutational data also rule out simple polyteny and polyploidy, where every single gene on every chromosome is polytenised or where every chromosome is present in two or more copies.
1991 Caryologia 44 167 Homologous configurations are constantly found in the high polytenized salivary gland chromosomes as well as in the low polytenized gut chromosomes [of Drosophila nasuta].
2004 Plant, Cell & Environment 27 327 Fluorescent in situ hybridization demonstrated many of the inner-gall cells to be polytenized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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