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Definition of Tetrads
1. tetrad [n] - See also: tetrad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrads
Literary usage of Tetrads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"Chromosome tetrads. A, five stages in the development of the tetrad in the
spermatocyte of ... X 3000. From a preparation by Dr. HE Stork. B, tetrads in ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"(3) On a system of two tetrads of circles; and other systems of two tetrads. ...
It is possible to find in piano two tetrads of circles, or say four red ..."
3. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"But even in cases where the chromatin does not condense into actual tetrads these
bodies are represented by chromosomes in the form of rings, crosses, ..."
4. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1900)
"B. ORIGIN OF THE tetrads I. General Sketch In considering the origin of the
tetrads or their equivalents, it should be borne in mind that true ..."
5. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1897)
"Formation of the tetrads and polar bodies in Cyclops, slightly schematic. ... B.
Shortening of the rods; transverse division (to form the tetrads) in ..."
6. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1900)
"But even in cases'where the chromatin does not condense into actual tetrads these
bodies are represented by chromosomes in the form of rings, crosses, ..."
7. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The phenomenon is even more striking in the numerous species of Rhododendron.
In Rhododendron hirsutum all the pollen-tetrads of an anther- cavity are held ..."
8. Kummer's Quartic Surface by Ronald William Henry Turnbull Hudson, Henry Frederick Baker (1905)
"Each set of eight which are self-polar with respect to the same quadric contains
two group-sets : for example the four rows represent the tetrads of one ..."
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