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Polythene vs Polytene - What's the difference?

polythene | polytene |

As nouns the difference between polythene and polytene

is that polythene is (organic compound|chiefly|british) a light thermoplastic used in packaging etc; polyethylene while polytene is (molecular biology) a very large chromosome with many strands; a chromosome exhibiting polyteny.

As an adjective polytene is

(molecular biology) having very large chromosomes with many strands.

polythene

English

Noun

  • (organic compound, chiefly, British) A light thermoplastic used in packaging etc.; polyethylene.

    • Synonyms

    * polyethylene * polyethene * polymethylene

    Anagrams

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    polytene

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (molecular biology) Having very large chromosomes with many strands
  • *{{quote-book, 1957, Carl P. Swanson, Cytology and Cytogenetics citation
    • , passage=When this was done, it could be shown that the production of polytene' chromosomes is not uniform for all chromosomes of a single nucleus, ie, some chromosomes are more ' polytene than others,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (molecular biology) A very large chromosome with many strands; a chromosome exhibiting polyteny
  • *{{quote-book, 2002, John Michael Barry, Molecular Embryology citation
    • , passage=Unlike normal chromosomes, polytenes are visible in a microscope even when cell division is not taking place.}}

    Related terms

    *polytenic *polyteny