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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
polytenize . - adjective Modified by
polytenization
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The chromosomes in Drosophila salivary glands are polytenized-meaning that they undergo multiple rounds of replication without cell division, resulting in giant chromosomes, which can be easily visualized by a light microscope.
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