biarmed en · ADJ
Etymology
From bi- + armed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having two arms (or similar structures).
Our results corroborated the general karyotypic trends for Characidium and evidenced very similar karyotypes for all species, mainly related to the conserved diploid chromosome number (2n = 50), the predominance of biarmed chromosomes and the similar karyotypic formulae.
2015 September 16, “Repetitive DNA Sequences and Evolution of ZZ/ZW Sex Chromosomes in Characidium (Teleostei: Characiformes)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: