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• The membrane-bound region of a eukaryotic cell that contains the chromosomes.
  Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition
• A dense protoplasmic membrane-bound region of a eukaryotic cell that contains the chromosomes, separated from the cytoplasm by a membrane; present in all eukaryotic cells except mature sieve-tube elements and red blood cells.
  UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
• Browse Related Terms: autolysis, Cell, cytoplasm, cytoplasmic organelles, cytosol, Eukaryote, lysosome, microbody, nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio, Organelle, sex factor, Signal transduction, syncytium

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