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chromatin |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chromatin \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chromatin \Chro"ma*tin\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color.] (Biol.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chromatin n : the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins
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