A form of nuclear fusion in cells where chromidial material from two cells combines, a process sometimes observed in certain microorganisms.
From 'chromidium' (nuclear material) plus Greek 'gamy' (marriage or fusion); describes the joining or fusion of chromidial structures.
This rare cellular process shows that even at the microscopic level, life found ways to combine genetic material long before multicellular organisms evolved sexual reproduction.
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