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metamere

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metamere /meta·mere/ (met´ah-mer)
1. one of a series of homologous segments of the body of an animal.
2. in genetic theory, one of a varying number of common repeating units that make up the repressor segment of a chromosome segment.
met·a·mere (mt-mîr)
n.
Any of the homologous segments, lying in a longitudinal series, that compose the body of certain animals, such as lobsters. Also called somite.
meta·meric (-mrk) adj.
metamere
one of a series of homologous segments of the body of an animal.
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