karyology

  1. Noun.  (context, biology) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
  2. Noun.  (context, biology) The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.

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