homotypic

American  

[hoh-muh-tip-ik, hom-uh-] / ˌhoʊ məˈtɪp ɪk, ˌhɒm ə- /

Also homotypical

adjective

Biology.

1. of or relating to a homotype.

2. homeotypic.

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Etymology

Origin of homotypic

First recorded in 1885–90; homotype + -ic

Example Sentences

This method of division, which takes place with chromosomes already split, and which have only to provide for the distribution of their longitudinal halves to the next nuclear generation, has been called homotypic nuclear division.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

A second homotypic division takes place in which each chromosome splits into two as in somatic divisions, and thus we have 4 gametes with 7 chromosomes each.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

In one of the reduction divisions all the chromosomes divide as in ordinary or homotypic nucleus division, but in the other the chromosomes simply separate into two equal groups without division.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

Reduction division and homotypic nuclear division are included together under the term allotypic nuclear division and are distinguished from the ordinary or typical nuclear division.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)