Chro"ma*tin (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;,
color.] (Biol.) Tissue which is capable of being
stained by dyes.
Chro"ma*tin (?), n. (Biol.)
The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of
cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and
generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm
or germ plasm.
Chro"ma*tin (?), n. (Biol.)
The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of
cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and
generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm
or germ plasm.