cytoplasmon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
the collective genetic material of a eukaryotic cell that is found in its cytoplasm, i.e. not contained in its nucleus, mitochondria, or plastids
Example Sentences
- "[…] but different cytoplasms and plastids provided the possibility to distinguish between the influence of the plastome and the cytoplasmon on several traits."
- "Cytoplasmon: the total extranuclear genetic information of a eukaryotic cell, excluding that in the mitochondria and plastids."
- "[…] as opposed to those extrachromosomal hereditary determinants which are located outside the plastids and make up the cytoplasmon."