heterochromatic
Americanadjective
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of, having, or pertaining to more than one color.
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having a pattern of mixed colors.
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Genetics. of or relating to heterochromatin.
adjective
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of or involving many different colours
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physics consisting of or concerned with different frequencies or wavelengths
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This so-called heterochromatic block stretches from between 17.6 million to 37.2 million bases long in different men; it’s the largest such block in the human genome.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2023
However, many predicted genes in heterochromatic regions are expressed, consistent with observations in tomato that genic ‘islands’ are present in the heterochromatic ‘ocean’.
From Nature ● Jul. 13, 2011
The left and right alignments are derived from the euchromatic and heterochromatic regions of chromosome 5, respectively.
From Nature ● Jul. 13, 2011
Thankfully, in spite of my Lazarus Door marks and heterochromatic eyes, as far as I know there was never an angel named Finn in any religion.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
I know that because when you have heterochromatic eyes, you always look at eyes—always trying to find someone else who is like you, like we come from a different planet or something.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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