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Polyteny vs Polygeny - What's the difference?

polyteny | polygeny |

As nouns the difference between polyteny and polygeny

is that polyteny is (molecular biology) the presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids) while polygeny is polygenesis.

polyteny

English

Noun

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  • (molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)

    • Related terms

    *polytene *polytenic *polyploidy

    See also

    *endomitosis *(Polytene chromosome)

    polygeny

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

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  • Polygenesis.

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