An archaic or variant plural form of heterosome, referring to multiple different body structures or atypical chromosomes.
Plural of 'heterosome' using older Latin conventions with '-i' ending. Now superseded by the standard English plural 'heterosomes.'
This is a linguistic relic—early scientists borrowed Latin plurals directly, but eventually English standardized everything to just add '-s', making language simpler!
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