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chromosome puff
A band of accumulated chromatin located at a specific site on a giant chromosome.
It is indicative of gene activity; specifically, DNA and RNA synthesis at that site.
Such bands appear at certain chromosomal locations within a given tissue at specific developmental states in insects and are significant in the study of the mode of genetic transmission.
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soma-, som-, somat-, somato-, -soma, -some, -somus, -somia, -somic, -somal, -somite, -somatous, -somatia, -somatic
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