Usually means: Chromosome fusion reducing total number.
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  1. Robertsonian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Robertsonian: Wiktionary
  3. Robertsonian: Dictionary.com

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  1. Robertsonian: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Robertsonian)

adjective:  Of or relating to William Rees Brebner Robertson (1881–1941), American zoologist and early cytogeneticist who first discovered the Robertsonian translocation.
adjective:  Of or relating to Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (1890–1963), English economist.

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