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chromonema definition

chromo·nema (krō′mō nē′mə)

noun pl. chromonemata -·mata (-tə)

a coiled, twisted, threadlike filament in a chromatid at all stages of mitosis

Etymology: chromo- + Gr nēma, thread: see nemato-

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