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pyknosis

[pik′nō·səs]
(pathology)
The polymerization and contraction of the nuclear chromosomal components.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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A review of the literature concerning the effects of some other insect growth regulators on insect gonads showed that aldrin caused pycnosis of germ cells leading to incomplete spermiogenesis in Poehilocerus pictus (Ahi 1988).
Effects of azadirachtin on mortality rate and reproductive system of the grasshopper Heteracris littoralis Ramb. (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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