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karyon

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kar·y·on (kr-n)
n.
See nucleus.

karyon
[ker′ē·on]
Etymology: Gk, nut
the nucleus of a cell. karyontic, adj.

karyon
the nucleus of a cell.


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In the apoptosis cells, karyon is crimpled, chromatin is agglomerated, shrunk and broken, and then the adoptotic body is shaped and stained orange.
In cloning, a cellular cell nucleus from the grownup to be cloned is injected into an testis from which the karyon has been removed.
Earlier Middleham-based trainer Kate Milligan sent out her first winner for 282 days when Karyon, ridden by Phil Kinsella, landed the selling handicap hurdle, the mare gaining her second course-and-distance success by making most of the running to score by two and a half lengths from Bayside.
 
 
 
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