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karyotype Definition


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karyotype
noun
    1. The number, size and structure of the chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell, characteristic of all the diploid cells of a particular individual, strain or species.
    2. The representation of this in a diagram or photograph.
verb
    1. To investigate or determine the karyotype of (a cell).
Derivative: karyotypic
adj
    Etymology: 1920s.



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