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univalent

ADJECTIVE
  1. having a valence of 1
  2. used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis
    a univalent chromosome

How To Use univalent In A Sentence

  • ~ Copper, like iron, forms two series of compounds: in the cuprous compounds it is univalent; in the cupric it is divalent. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • Finally one atom of a tetravalent element such as carbon will combine with four atoms of a univalent element, as in the compound An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • Mutants in all three meiotic genes display diakinesis oocytes containing 12 individual DAPI - stained bodies corresponding to achiasmate univalent chromosomes.
  • The element forms two series of salts in which it acts as a metal: in the aurous series the gold is univalent, the chloride having the formula AuCl; in the auric series it is trivalent, auric chloride having the formula An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • Neither fold backs and pairing partner switches characteristic of nonhomologous synapsis nor univalent chromosomes were observed, although some short regions at distal ends of chromosomes could be unsynapsed (image not shown).
  • To ask which general class of events might be affected, we examined the transmission of univalent chromosomes.
  • a univalent chromosome
  • The elements of the group are univalent in their compounds with hydrogen and the metals. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • Formation of ROS occurs through several univalent reduction steps, yielding first the superoxide anion, then hydrogen peroxide and the hydroxyl radical, and finally water.
  • In our experiments we deal with a system consisting of polycations and macroanions, as well as univalent counterions.
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