mononucleolar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mono- +‎ nucleolar

Adjective[edit]

mononucleolar (not comparable)

  1. (cytology) With a single nucleolus.
    • 2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], volume 9, →DOI:
      The karyotype was mononucleolar: one obligatory nucleolus (N) was well developed in sec. 3, near the centromere and the telomere in arm G.

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