despiralization

English

Noun

despiralization (countable and uncountable, plural despiralizations)

1. The uncoiling of chromonema as part of meiosis.
   • 2012, Tatiana Tatarinova, DNA Methylation: From Genomics to Technology, page 158:

     When incorporated into DNA, the cytocine cannot be methylated and causes almost complete demethylation of genomic DNA, expressing a despiralization of the condensed chromatin of metaphase chromosomes.

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