chromomere

English

Etymology

chromo- +‎ -mere

Noun

chromomere (plural chromomeres)

1. (genetics) Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division.
   • 1900 January, Gustav Eisen, “A Preliminary Account of the Spermatogenesis of Batrachoseps attenuatus, Polymorphous spermatogonia, Auxocytes and Spermatocytes”, in Biological Bulletin, volume 1, number 2:

     The nucleus contains the following more or less distinct parts: chromioles, chromomeres, chromosomes, chromoplasts, linoplasts, linin, chromoplasm, endochromatic granules, and parachromatic granules.

Derived terms

• interchromomere

Translations

any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division

• Tagalog: kulayputol