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Polyteny vs Polytony - What's the difference?

polyteny | polytony |

As nouns the difference between polyteny and polytony

is that polyteny is the presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids while polytony is the quality of being polytonic.

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)

    polytony

    English

    Noun

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  • The quality of being polytonic.