compactization

The clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA

Noun

  1. The clumping of chromosomes or other forms of DNA
    • The chromatin compactization of pachytene chromosomes of R. wichurana is 2.4 - 1.4 Mbp μm −1, calculated based on the genome size of 562 Mbp [ 52 ]. - 2015 July 2, Ilya V. Kirov, Katrijn Van Laere, Ludmila I....

Origin

From compact + -ization.

Forms

compactizations