puff

Japanese: puff
puff

... When viewed under an optical microscope, the salivary chromosomes have large swollen areas here and there. These are called puffs because of their shape. They are also sometimes called Balbiani rings after their discoverer.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "puff" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 光学顕微鏡でみると,唾腺染色体のところどころに大きく膨潤した部分がある。これをその形にちなんでパフpuffという。発見者の名にちなんでバルビアニ環とよぶこともある。…

※「puff」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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