Chiasma

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by BioTech (8.9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Tue Feb 04 2003 at 23:26:52

Plural: chiasmata

The point at which homologous chromosomes or chromatids cross over and exchange genetic material during meiosis, a process in which the cell's nucleus divides.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:27:44

Chi"asm (?), Chi*as"ma (?), n. [NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. two lines placed crosswise, fr. to mark with a χ.] Anat.

A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

-- Chi*as"mal (), a..

 

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