chondriome

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English

Etymology

From chondrio- (Clipping of mitochondrion) +‎ -ome.

Noun

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chondriome (plural chondriomes)

  1. (biology) The set of intracellular organelles contained in the cytosol.
    • 1914 April - May, F. Cavers, “Chondriosomes (Mitochondria) and their Significance”, in The New Phytologist, volume 13, number 4/5:
      In one of his 1913 papers Guillermond discusses the function of the chondriome (collective term for the chondriosomes of the cell or the plant) in Fungi.
    • 1986, S. H Mantell, The Chondriome: chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes:
      Several characteristics of the chondriome require investigation. What is the biological significance of base sequence homology between parts of mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA) and nuclear DNA in eukaryotes?

French

Noun

chondriome m (plural chondriomes)

  1. (biology) chondriome

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