polytenized
/ˌpɒlɪˈtiːnʌɪzd/Cell Biol.
adjective
Of genetic material in a chromosome: reduplicated so as to result in a polytene chromosome; subjected to polytenization.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From polytenize + -ed, after polytenization.
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