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knotted (medicine)


knotted


1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.

2. Interwoven; matted; entangled. "Make . . . Thy knotted and combined locks to part." (Shak)

3. Having intersecting lines or figures. "The west corner of thy curious knotted Garden." (Shak)

4. <geology> Characterised by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.

5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. "They're catched in knotted lawlike nets." (Hudibras)

Source: Websters Dictionary


Darlington, Cyril Dean (sh)




born Dec. 19, 1903, Chorley, Lancashire, Eng.
died March 26, 1981

British biologist.

A professor at the University of Oxford from 1953, he believed that chromosomes were the cellular components that passed hereditary information from generation to generation. He explained the behaviour of chromosomes during meiosis, formulating a theory of evolution in which the exchange of parts of chromosomes (crossing-over) was the central variable in determining the inherited characteristics of the next generation. His Evolution of Man and Society (1969) raised controversy by insisting that the intelligence of races was determined by inheritance.