antiasymmetric en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + asymmetric.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That counters asymmetry
We suggest the increasing m-CNs are more like a negative feedback mechanism, i.e., a selective pressure favoring asymmetry over symmetry to prevent the production of an over-asymmetric karyotype, that is, m-chromosomes exert an antiasymmetric effect on karyotype; this proposal complies well with the "scale symmetry" theory in biology [37, 38 ].
2015 December 15, “Scaling Chromosomes for an Evolutionary Karyotype: A Chromosomal Tradeoff between Size and Number across Woody Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: