chromatin granule
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Noun | 1. | ![]() body substance - the substance of the body cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus - a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction sex chromatin - chromatin found only in female cells; "the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus" chromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes" |
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