heterochromatinization

English

Etymology

From heterochromatin +‎ -ization.

Noun

heterochromatinization (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) The conversion of euchromatin into heterochromatin during the inactivation of the X chromosomes in the embryogenesis of mammalian females
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