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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 197white and gray.chromaffin a. [Gr. chroma, color; L. affinis, related to] Stainingstrongly with chromium salts; also called chromophil;chromophile.chromaphil see chromaffin-chromasia, -chromasie suff. [Gr. chroma, color] Condition <strong>of</strong>pigmentation or <strong>of</strong> staining, as in achromasia, polychromasia.chromatic a. [Gr. chroma, color] Capable <strong>of</strong> being stained bycoloring agents.chromatic body see chromatoid bodychromatid n. [Gr. chroma, color] One <strong>of</strong> two spiral filamentsthat make up a chromosome, and separate in cell division,each going to a different pole <strong>of</strong> the dividing cell and eachbecoming a daughter chromosome at anaphase in mitosis.chromatin n. [Gr. chroma, color] The more readily stainablesubstance in the cell nucleus; karyotin. see euchromatin,heterochromatin.chromatin body (ARTHRO: Insecta) A special rDNA containingbody in the oocyte nucleus during early oogenesis <strong>of</strong>dytiscid water beetles; body <strong>of</strong> Giardini.chromatocyte see chromocyteschromatogen organ see axial glandchromatography n. [Gr. chroma, color; graphien, to draw] Ananalytical method <strong>of</strong> chemical analysis based on the selectiveabsorption <strong>of</strong> inorganic or organic compounds througha porous medium.chromatoid body A body containing ribonucleoprotein materialfound near the nucleus during certain stages <strong>of</strong> spermatogenesis.chromatoid grains In cell protoplasm, granules that stainsimilarly to chromatin.chromatolysis n. [Gr. chroma, color; lysein, to loosen] Thesolution and breaking up <strong>of</strong> chromatin. chromatolytic a.chromatophore n. [Gr. chroma, color; phoreus, bearer] A singlehighly branched cell or synctia containing pigment

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