Definition of Quadrivalents

1. quadrivalent [n] - See also: quadrivalent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrivalents

quadrisect
quadrisected
quadrisecting
quadrisection
quadrisections
quadrisects
quadrisonic
quadrisulcate
quadrisyllabic
quadrisyllable
quadrisyllables
quadritubercular
quadrium
quadrivalence
quadrivalent
quadrivalents (current term)
quadrivalve
quadrivalves
quadrivalvular
quadrivariate
quadrivia
quadrivial
quadrivials
quadrivium
quadrivoltine
quadrobulary
quadrominium
quadrominiums
quadroon
quadroons

Literary usage of Quadrivalents

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Workshop at Lusaka by International Rice Research Institute (1986)
"There are 12 homologous groups, and the maximum number of quadrivalents in a ... However, the average number of quadrivalents per PMC at diakinesis is only ..."

2. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"The size of the translocated segment appears to vary from large (frequent quadrivalents) to cytologically small (infrequent ..."

3. University of California Publications in Botany by University of California, Berkeley (1922)
"At IM the presence of quadrivalents of various configurations \vas striking, although bivalents were the most frequent in occurrence and a few trivalents ..."

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