Meaning of CHROMATIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'krowmutin
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| | Definition: | | [n] the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins |
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| | See Also: | | body substance, cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus, sex chromatin | |
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\Chro"ma*tin\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color.] (Biol.)
Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.
\Chro"ma*tin\, n. (Biol.)
The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes
of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of
inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as
the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm.
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| | Definition: | | The tangled fibrous complex of DNA and protein within a eukaryotic nucleus. Compare: chromosome. |
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