chiasmate, a. Biol.
(kaɪˈæzmɛɪt)
[f. chiasma n. + -ate2.]
= *chiasmatic a.
| 1950 Chromosoma IV. 13 The chiasmate structure of most of the bivalents is shown by the constancy of the open cross formation during the stretch stage. 1968 Canad. Jrnl. Genetics & Cytol. X. 898 The sex multiple to be described..seems to be the only known naturally occurring, mechanically and genetically competent chiasmate sex quadrivalent. 1992 Heredity LXVIII. 232/2 The frequency of chiasmate association a and b of the two average arms of the chromosomes may also be estimated. |